Recalcitrant femoral pseudarthrosis healed with a torsionally stiff intramedullary nail.
A case of long-standing femoral pseudarthrosis was successfully treated by replacement of a torsionally less rigid intramedullary nail by one approximately 20 times more rigid. Complete union occurred 6 months after nail exchange.
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Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Inglewood, California, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000009:adverse effects; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography