title: The Brooker-Wills interlocking nail in the treatment of femoral fractures.
abstract: Interlocking nails have expanded the indication for intramedullary fixation to almost any type of fracture of the shaft of the femur. Distal locking with the Brooker-Wills femoral nail is obtained by a wing fixator. This simplifies the operative technique and diminishes exposure to radiation. Adequate control of angulation, shortening and rotation could be achieved in a first series of 25 patients, thus leading to firm bone healing and to early functional recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Zuiderziekenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boxma
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Pahlplatz
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Broekhuizen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged