Locked Flexible Intramedullary Nails in Treatment of Unstable Femoral Fractures
| Autor: | Sheldon L. Cohn, Clayton R. Perry, Arsen M. Pankovich |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent Nail penetration Bone Nails law.invention Intramedullary rod law Humans Medicine Knee Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Femur In patient Contraindication Aged Osteosynthesis integumentary system business.industry Equipment Design General Medicine Middle Aged Fracture Fixation Intramedullary Surgery Hospitalization Orthopedic surgery Operative time Female business Femoral Fractures |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 1:130-140 |
| ISSN: | 0890-5339 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005131-198702010-00003 |
| Popis: | Twenty patients with unstable femoral fractures were treated with distally locked flexible intramedullary nails. We present our surgical technique and our results. The method has the following advantages: it prevents rotational malalignment and shortening, it is a closed procedure, no reaming is necessary, there is no increase in c-arm time, and there is minimal increase in operative time. Locked flexible intramedullary nails should be used in patients with unstable femoral fractures who have dense metaphyseal bone. Osteopoenia is a contraindication to this method as it increases the risk of nail penetration into the hip. |
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