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Nail

A unit of length equivalent to 2.25 inches.

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Intramedullary stabilization of paediatric diaphyseal femur fracture with elastic intramedullary nails. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc 2002;36(3):220-7.

COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT OF DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES OF LONG BONES IN CHILDREN BY TITANIUM ELASTIC NAILING SYSTEM

In surgical treatment, intramedullary nail fixation has been recommended [2], and plates were previously chosen as the fixation device owing to the technical impracticability of nailing due to bowing of the femur or cortex thickening [7].

Comparison of Atypical and Osteoporotic Femoral Shaft Fractures in the Elderly: A Multicenter Study

Various internal fixation devices have been used to treat femoral intertrochanteric fractures, including sliding hip screws (SHS), percutaneous compression plate (PCCP), gamma nail (GN), proximal femora nail (PFN), proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA), Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation-I I (PFNA-II), and the InterTan intramedullary nail. Compared to other implants, the advantages of InterTan nail include the ability to maintain compression, eliminate Z-effect intertrochanteric rotational stability and medial migration, control rotation during reduction, and prevent periprosthetic fractures.

Learning Curve and Clinical Outcomes of Performing Surgery with the InterTan Intramedullary Nail in Treating Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures

Flexible intramedullary nail use in limb lenghtening.

Definite management of bilateral lower leg nonunion fractures by Ilizarov apparatus in polytraumatized patient--case report/Definitivno zbrinjavanje bilateralnih nesraslih preloma potkolenica aparatom po Ilizarovu kod pacijenta sa politraumom--prikaz slucaja

Comminuted femoral shaft fractures: treatment by roller traction, circlage, wires and an intramedullary nail or an interlocking intramedullary nail.

MANAGEMENT OF DIAPHYSEAL FEMUR FRACTURES IN ADULTS WITH INTRAMEDULLARY INTERLOCKING NAIL

The strain results shows that the intramedullary nail used by us, manufactured locally in India implanted were found to be good load sharing implants when the results of this work are compared with comparative literatures.

A cadaveric experimental methodology for performance evaluation of intramedullary nails for femur and tibia

Schwieger et al., Poster Angular Stable Locking of Intramedullary Nails: Is It Promising for Treatment of Distal Tibial Fractures?, AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland.

PEEK-OPTIMA enables enhanced safety in fracture treatment applications

Narayanan et al (6) performed a study to analyze complications associated with the use of titanium elastic stable intramedullary nails over a 5-year period.

Elastic stable intramedullary nails

For the surgeon, the tricky part of the process is placing the screws accurately so that they line up exactly with the predrilled holes of the intramedullary nail. Traditionally, surgeons drill freehand, through the bone's cortex and into the predrilled hole of the implant.

You know the drill: magnetic sensors in a bone implant give trauma surgeons the green light

This case report suggested that intraoperative positioning during Kuntscher intramedullary nail insertion can be complicated by traction injury.

Transient radial nerve palsy related to intraoperative right lateral positioning for Kuntscher intramedullary nail insertion

We have been doing lots of operation in our institute on fracture shaft of femur with various implants like intramedullary nail, interlocking nail, non-locking like K-Nail, plates, LCDCP.

OPEN KUNTSCHER NAILING OF FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE--ITS RELEVANCE IN PRESENT ERA OF INTERLOCK NAILING

Flexible intramedullary Nail (FIN) is a simple and minimally invasive technique6.

FLEXIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING IN PEDIATRIC FRACTURES: EARLY OUTCOME IN 54 CASES