title: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS FOR ANTEROGRADE FEMORAL INTRAMEDULLARY OSTEOSYNTHESIS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the degree of knowledge among professionals who treat fractures using the recommended technique, with regard to correlating the nail with the entry point that is considered appropriate.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire that presented five types of nail and simulated a transverse diaphyseal fracture of the femur was developed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Responses regarding the entry points corresponding to choosing the type of nail were obtained from 370 orthopedists who were participating in the 41(st) Brazilian Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology. It was observed that only 20% correctly identified the entry point and that there was no difference between the professionals within the specialty of Traumatology and the others.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was concluded that the majority of the physicians attending the congress were unaware of the entry points.
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Unifesp/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanas
authors.affiliation: Physician; Member of the Locomotor System Traumatology Sector, Discipline of Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Unifesp/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wajnsztejn
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Unifesp/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roucourt
authors.affiliation: Physician; Member of the Locomotor System Traumatology Sector, Discipline of Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Unifesp/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiorentino
authors.affiliation: Adjunct Professor; PhD in Medicine; Physician in the Locomotor System Traumatology Sector, Discipline of Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Unifesp/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hélio Jorge Alvachian
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Full Professor and Head of the Locomotor System Traumatology Sector, Discipline of Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Unifesp/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Baldy
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Dos Reis
keywords: Diaphyses; Femur; Fracture Fixation; Intramedullary