[Traumatic femoral diaphyseal fracture and a bent intramedullary nail in a case with a completely healed femoral diaphyseal fracture].
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.
Koçkesen
T Cağlar
TC
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (1. Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği;), Sişli Etfal Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. tckockesen@hotmail.com
Tezer
Mehmet
M
Tekkeşin
Mustafa
M
Kuzgun
Unal
U
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