Definitive Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures: Comparison between Anterograde Intramedullary Nailing and Monoaxial External Fixation

Definitive Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures: Comparison between Anterograde Intramedullary Nailing and Monoaxial External Fixation

Background: Femoral shaft fractures result from high-energy trauma. Despite intramedullary nailing (IMN) representing the gold standard option of treatment, external fixation (EF) can be used temporarily for damage control or definitively. The purpose of this study is to compare two different option...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Testa, Andrea Vescio, Domenico Costantino Aloj, Giacomo Papotto, Luigi Ferrarotto, Alessandro Massé, Giuseppe Sessa, Vito Pavone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
femoral shaft fractures
polytrauma
anterograde intramedullary nailing
monoaxial external fixation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/8/1119

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