Open AccessAssessment of the geometry of proximal femur for short cephalomedullary nail placement
Author(s) -
Devendra Pathrot,
Rehan Ul Haq,
Aditya Aggarwal,
Mukesh Nagar,
Shuchi Bhatt
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.181785
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , femur , lesser trochanter , greater trochanter , radiography , orthodontics , trochanter , fixation (population genetics) , anthropometry , femoral neck , population , anatomy , dentistry , surgery , osteoporosis , environmental health , endocrinology
Intramedullary devices have increasingly become popular and are widely used for fixation of unstable intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures. These implants have been designed taking into consideration of the anthropometry of the western population which varies from those of other ethnic groups. This study was carried out to assess the geometry of proximal femur for the placement of short cephalomedullary nails in our subset of patients and suggest suitable design modifications based on these parameters.