The use of Zickel supracondylar nails in the presence of a cemented hip prosthesis.
Zickel supracondylar nails are a useful method of treating fractures of the distal third of the femur. A case is reported to show their use is not precluded by the presence of a cemented hip prosthesis.
Tulloch
C J
CJ
Walton Hospital, Liverpool.
Calver
R F
RF
D000058:Accidental Falls; D001843:Bone Cements; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D001843:Bone Cements