title: [Results of closed medullary nailing of leg fractures (27 controlled cases)].
abstract: One of the possible methods for osteosynthesis of leg fractures is Küntscher's closed medullary nailing. The problems resulting from this type of injury, the surgical method, and the results obtained will here by presented on the basis of 27 checked cases. In 25 of those cases the fracture healed within the normal time span. In one case the consolidation was delayed, and one case gave rise to pseudarthrosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Resultate der geschlossenen Marknagelung von Uterschenkel-stückfrakturen (27 kontrollierte Fälle).