title: [Traumatic femoral diaphyseal fracture and a bent intramedullary nail in a case with a completely healed femoral diaphyseal fracture].
abstract: Bending of a Kuntscher nail which had been used in the treatment of a prior femoral diaphyseal fracture was encountered in a 37-year-old male patient who was admitted to hospital for a deformity in his left thigh caused in a car accident. The nail was extracted and osteosynthesis was performed via an intramedullary locked nail. Union was obtained in the fourth postoperative month without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (1. Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği;), Sişli Etfal Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. tckockesen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: T Cağlar
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Koçkesen
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tezer
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tekkeşin
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kuzgun
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography