Medullary nailing of long-bone fractures is not a new procedure. It was used in ancient times in severe compound fractures. Nicolaysen in 1897 1 proposed such a form of treatment and Hey-Groves 2 ...

5. Anteroposterior femur and lateral radiographs of the distal femur following rigid nail insertion and proximal plate removal (A) are shown.

Extra-articular retrograde femoral nailing has largely been replaced with retrograde femoral nailing through the intercondylar notch of the distal femur. Figure 1A.

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 ...

Unreamed nails do not protect the patient from pulmonary embolization of marrow contents. Femoral shaft fracture treatment was revolutionized in 1940 with the introduction of femoral nailing.

Femoral lengthening with an internal lengthening nail is a recent advance that allows for leg length equalization and deformity correction in a manner that mitigates many challenges associated ...