Distal hybrid interlocking in the femoral shaft fracture.
This technique may be beneficial for stabilizing fractures less invasively and may decrease complications, such as nonunion and postoperative infection, by avoiding iatrogenic devascularization of the fracture site.
Kim
Kyung-Cheon
KC
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Lee
June-Kyu
JK
Hwang
Deuk-Soo
DS
Yang
Jun-Young
JY
Kim
Young-Mo
YM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence