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An Experience with Titanium Proximal Femoral Nail in Comminuted Proximal Femoral Fractures

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  • Syed Arsalan Haider Bukhari

    (Head of Department & Associate Professor of orthopedics, Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

Abstract

Fractures in the proximal femoral area are usually difficult to treat as they consist of hard cortical bone with an inherent slower healing rate than the metaphyseal area, and mechanically the deforming forces are high. Moreover, these fractures are usually the result of a high energy trauma and so the integrity of peri fracture soft tissue is seriously affected also. In the elderly osteoporosis makes such fractures more prone to fixation failure, mal-union and nonunion. Over the period of time various implants have been used to fix these fractures with variable results. However since the advent of minimally invasive surgery and implants like proximal femoral nails, gamma nails, reconstruction nails etc the shift seems to be towards these procedures rather open reduction and internal fixations.

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  • Syed Arsalan Haider Bukhari, 2017. "An Experience with Titanium Proximal Femoral Nail in Comminuted Proximal Femoral Fractures," Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 8(4), pages 71-73, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joroaj:v:8:y:2017:i:4:p:71-73
    DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.08.555742
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