Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4086945 | Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
There is a clear conflict between the femoral biometry of our population and the length and curvature of the long Gamma nail, with a high incidence of poor implant positioning; nails could adopt an excessively anterior position and even impale through the anterior cortex. We think that long Gamma nail osteosynthesis is appropriate for pertrochanteric, subtrochanteric and trochantero-diaphyseal fractures, although the availability of shorter nails with a curvature adapted to our population's biometry would be desirable.
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Authors
F. Corella Montoya, J. Montoya Adarraga, A. GarcÃa MartÃn, A. Villa, R. Casteleiro González, J. Vaquero MartÃn, G. Riquelme Arias,