Is the compressive nail method capable of accelerating bone union in patients with femoral distal diaphysis fracture?

Turhan S., Gorgulu O.

ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY-SURGERY & RESEARCH, vol.107, no.2, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 107 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.otsr.2020.102786
  • Journal Name: ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY-SURGERY & RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Keywords: Femoral fractures, Bone, Fracture healing, Fracture fixation, Compression, FEMUR FRACTURES
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate clinically and radiologically the patients for whom compressive and non-compressive intramedullary nails were applied and to analyse the compression effectiveness in adult femur distal diaphysis fractures.