Open AccessAntegrade Nailing for Midshaft Femur Fractures
Author(s) -
Rafael Neiman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic trauma
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1531-2291
pISSN - 0890-5339
DOI - 10.1097/bot.0000000000001822
Subject(s) - intramedullary rod , medicine , femur , supine position , surgery , femur fracture , external fixator
The standard of care for treatment of midshaft femur fractures is locked intramedullary nailing. Entry point and patient position remain variables without a single universal method agreed as optimum. Morbid obesity poses additional challenges for intramedullary nailing, where special considerations must be taken. This video demonstrates supine antegrade nailing on a fracture table for a morbidly obese patient with a midshaft bisphosphonate femur fracture.