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Choi, Kang, Wang, and Roh: Acase of Fatigue Fracture of the Interlocking nail in the Treatment of Fracture of the Femoral Shaft
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1988; 1(1): 71-75.

Published online: 14 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1988.1.1.71

Acase of Fatigue Fracture of the Interlocking nail in the Treatment of Fracture of the Femoral Shaft

Ki-Hong Choi, Chung-Nam Kang, Jin-Man Wang, Kwon-Jae Roh

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

Closed intramedullary nailing with or without interlocking screws has been a widely accepted method for the fixation of fracture of the femora shaft. Certain complex fractures in which now are commonly treated by dynamic or static locking of the nail by using screws. Interlocking nail introduces the potential for high concentration of stress at both its proximal and its distal end.
This paper describes a patient who had at fatigue fracture of the distal part of interlocking nail in the treament of fracture of the femoral shaft.

Keywords: Fatigue Fracture, Interlocking Nail, Femoral Shaft

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