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Ha, Hahn, Chung, Yang, and Ryu: Treatment of Comminuted Subtrochanteric Fractures of the Femur with Ender Nails
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1994; 7(2): 345-351.

Published online: 13 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1994.7.2.345

Treatment of Comminuted Subtrochanteric Fractures of the Femur with Ender Nails

Kwon-Ick Ha, Sung-Ho Hahn, Min-Yeong Chung, Bo-Kyu Yang, Jae-Hoon Ryu

Department of Orthopaedic surgery, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

The subtrochanteric fracture of the femur is often comminuted because the bone here is mainly cortical and high velocity trauma and hiornechanically and adjacent power muscles.
Therefore, it is difficult to maintain accurate reduction and rigid fixation and delayed or nonunion, limb shortening, varus deformity, mechanical failure, and many other problems can be encountered.
We studied 6 comminuted subtrochanteric fractures treated with Ender nails from Sept. 1991 to Oct. 1992.
3 weeks of skin or skeletal traction followed by partial weight bearing postoperatively showed excellent outconles.

Keywords: Subtrochanteric Femur, Ender Nail

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