MINNEAPOLIS – Intramedullary nailing is a successful treatment for patients with bisphosphonate-associated complete femur fractures and displays a low rate of complications and high return to ...

Investigators found faster times to union and full weight-bearing and a low complication rate for pediatric patients with diaphyseal femur fractures treated with submuscular plating compared with ...

Lateral view of the femur in the same patient showing retrograde-inserted IM nail in the femoral shaft fracture. A second method of treatment for this combined injury is use of a cephalomedullary ...

AMERICAN orthopedic surgeons have been skeptical about the use of medullary nailing of long-bone fractures. This, I think, is fortunate, as the slow acceptance of this technic has allowed us to avo ...

Introduction View the correct answer. Winquist and colleagues [1] reported that 16.5% of 520 femoral shaft fractures were open. Of those, 88.4% were type I, according to the Gustilo-Anderson ...

The OIC ARFN Nail System is designed to treat femoral midshaft and distal fractures, providing for both retrograde and antegrade approaches in one implant design. The nail is available in ...

Stryker's T2 Alpha Femur Retrograde Nailing System features a redefined data-driven nail design, a dedicated proximal targeting system, and more.

In a recent study published in Engineering, Academician Yingze Zhang’s team introduces the Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN) as a solution for unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures in ...