title: [Experience with the AO universal femoral intramedullary nail for management of femur shaft fractures].
abstract: 57 fractures of the femoral shaft, treated with an AO femoral interlocking nail, have been analysed in a retrospective study. 40 nails have been implanted primarily, 17 as secondary procedures following different operations. In the group of primary nailing 35/40 reached a good or very good result, 8 of them however, following secondary operations. In the group of the secondary nailing, 9/17 patients had a good or a very good result. 3 pseudarthroses persisted. The AO femoral interlocking nail therefore appears to be an adequate implant for the treatment of femoral shaft fractures, but a precise implantation technique is a prerequisite for the successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie, Universität Basel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Babst
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heberer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Regazzoni
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit dem AO-Universalfemurmarknagel zur Versorgung von Femurschaftfrakturen.