title: The long and the short of medullary nailing.
abstract: One hundred and forty-seven medullary nailings of the femur have been studied to assess a new method of estimating the nail's length preoperatively, using the patient's height.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged