Closed treatment of femoral fractures with the fluted Sampson intramedullary rod.
A technique of closed intramedullary rodding of femur fractures using a curved fluted Sampson rod under fluoroscopic control is presented. Seventy-nine patients have been treated by this technique over the past four years. In this series there have been no cases of nonunion. There was a 6.3 per cent infection rate. There were three nerve injuries. No leg length discrepancy greater than 1 inch was encountered. We believe that the technique has been successful and has answered the demands of our young trauma population. We remain enthusiastic about its use.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014143:Traction