Femoral Shaft Fracture Menu

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- See: Synthes Femoral Products:

            - Workup for Femoral Shaft Frx
                  - timing of surgery in orthopaedic patients with brain injury
            - IM Nailing Technique:

        Anatomy of Femur:
        Arterial supply:
        Canal Entry Point:
        Comminuted Femoral Shaft Fractures:
        Distal Femoral Physeal Fractures
        Distal Femoral Shaft Fractures:
        Discussion of Femur:
        DVT and PE arising from Trauma and L.E. Fractures:
        External Fixation for Femoral Shaft Fractures:
        Femoral Neck Frx associated w/ Femoral Shaft Frx
        Femoral and Tibial Traction Pins:
        Floating Knee Injuries:
        Infected IM nails:
        Intramedullary Nailing
        Open Fractures
        Nonunion
        Pediatric Femoral Fractures:
              - external fixation:
              - IM nailing of pediatric femur frx:
              - spica casting
              - suspension traction
        Plating of Femoral Shaft Frx
        Prophylactic IM Nailing (metastatic disease);
        Proximal Femoral Shaft Fractures:
        Reaming and Nailing Maneuver
        Reduction of Femoral Shaft Frx:
        Retrograde Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fractures: 
        Subtrochanteric Fractures
        Supracondylar Fractures
        Synthes IM Femoral Nail:
        Timing of Surgery in Orthopaedic Patients with Brain Injury
        Winquist Class
        Universal Femoral Distractor:

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Current Concepts Review.  Fractures of the Shaft of the Femur.

Early versus Delayed Stabilization of Femoral Fractures.  A Prospective Randomized Study.

Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures. Part I: Decision-making errors with interlocking fixation

Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures. Part II: Fracture-healing with static interlocking fixation.

Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures. Part III: Long-term effects of static interlocking fixation.

The treatment of fractures of the femoral shaft with the Brooker-Wills distal locking intramedullary nail.

A comparison of the Brooker-Wills and Russell-Taylor nails for treatment of patients who have fractures of the femoral shaft.

Interlocking intramedullary nailing in femoral shaft fractures. A report of forty-eight cases.

Closed locked intramedullary nailing. Its application to comminuted fractures of the femur.

Fractures of the femur treated by open and closed intramedullary nailing using the fluted rod.

Comminuted and rotationally unstable fractures of the femur treated with an interlocking nail.

Radiographic analysis of the Brooker-Wills interlocking nail in the treatment of comminuted femoral fractures.

The postphlebitic syndrome following shaft fractures of the leg. A significant late complication.

Skeletal traction for fractures of the femoral shaft in children. A long-term study.

The reconstruction of defects in the femoral shaft with vascularized transfers of fibular bone.

Immediate Nailing of Open Fractures of the Femoral Shaft.

Broken intramedullary nails

Intramedullary nailing of open fractures of the femoral shaft.

Interlocked nailing for treatment of segmental fractures of the femur.

Interlocking nailing for the treatment of femoral fractures due to gunshot wounds.

Management of open fractures with sterilization of large, contaminated, extruded cortical fragments.

Performance evaluation of a cement-augmented intramedullary fixation system for pathologic lesions of the femoral shaft.

Ipsilateral diaphyseal femur fractures and knee ligament injuries.

Ogden plate and other fixations for fractures complicating femoral endoprostheses.

Biomechanical characteristics of interlocking femoral nails in the treatment of complex femoral fractures.

Interlocking Intramedullary Nailing for Ipsilateral Fractures of the Femoral Shaft and Distal Part of the Femur.

Comminuted femoral shaft fractures.

Hydroxyapatite-coated femoral stems. Histological analysis of components retrieved at autopsy.

The role of intramedullary fixation in open fractures.

Treatment of infected pseudarthrosis of the femur and tibia with an interlocking nail.

Comminuted femoral-shaft fractures: treatment by roller traction, cerclage wires and an intramedullary nail, or an interlocking intramedullary nail.

Injuries to the knee ligaments with fractures of the femur.

Close IM Nailing of Femoral Fractures: a report of 520 fractures;

The treatment of femoral fractures by cast-brace application and early ambulation. A prospective review of one hundred and six patients.

The "floating knee" in children.

Fractures of the femur treated by intramedullary nailing using the fluted rod. A report of 193 consecutive cases.

Pudendal nerve palsy complicating intramedullary nailing of the femur.

Primary intramedullary femur fixation in multiple trauma patients with associated lung contusion--a cause of posttraumatic ARDS.

Open adult femoral shaft fracture treated by early intramedullary nailing.

Comminuted femoral shaft fractures treated by closed intramedullary nailing and functional cast bracing.

Femur fractures caused by gunshots: treatment by immediate reamed intramedullary nailing.

Primary intramedullary femur fixation in multiple trauma patients with associated lung contusion--a cause of posttraumatic ARDS .

Femoral shaft fractures associated with unstable pelvic fractures.

Pulmonary damage after intramedullary femoral nailing in traumatized sheep--is there an effect from different nailing methods .

Reconstruction of skeletal defects in the femur with 'two-strut' free vascularized fibular grafts.

Distal femoral nonunion treated with interlocking nailing.

Ipsilateral knee injury with femoral fracture. Examination under anesthesia and arthroscopic evaluation.

Blunt Vascular Injury Associated With Closed Mid-Shaft Femur Fracture: A Plea for Concern.

Femoral Shaft Fractures Associated With Unstable Pelvic Fractures.

Immediate interlocking nailing of fractures of the femur caused by low- to mid-velocity gunshots.

Femoral torsion after interlocked nailing of unstable femoral fractures.

Technical Problems Caused by Comminuted Cortical Free Fragments During Intramedullary Rodding: Case Reports.

Intramedullary Nailing of (Impending) Pathologic Fractures.

Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Fractures in Morbidly Obese Patients.

Closed Interlocked Nailing in Comminuted and Segmental Femoral Shaft Fractures.

Flexible intramedullary fixation of femoral fractures.

Femoral shaft fractures associated with unstable pelvic fractures.

Iatrogenic fractures of the femoral neck during closed nailing of the femoral shaft.

Broken intramedullary nails.

Closed interlocking nailing of femoral shaft fractures: assessment of technical complications and functional outcomes by comparison of a prospective database with retrospective review.

The treatment of femoral fractures by cast-brace application and early ambulation. A prospective review of one hundred and six patients.

Blunt multiple trauma (ISS 36), femur traction, and the pulmonary  failure- septic state.



 



Clifford Roberts Wheeless III MD
Orthopaedic Specialists of North Carolina

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