Interlocked supracondylar intramedullary nails for supracondylar fractures after total knee arthroplasty. A new treatment method.
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Murrell, GA; Nunley, JA
Published in: J Arthroplasty
February 1995
Supracondylar fractures in patients with total knee prostheses are challenging surgical problems for which there has been no single satisfactory method of management. The authors present four cases to show that a fully cannulated, closed-section, stainless steel supracondylar intramedullary nail can be inserted in a closed fashion through a 3 cm longitudinal patellar splitting incision between the metal condyles of a nonconstrained femoral component of a total knee prosthesis. The nail can be interlocked with percutaneous screws and provides primary stability of a supracondylar femoral fracture, even in the presence of total knee and total hip prostheses.
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Published In
J Arthroplasty
ISSN
0883-5403
Publication Date
February 1995
Volume
10
Issue
1
Start / End Page
37 / 42
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Stainless Steel
- Radiography
- Postoperative Complications
- Orthopedics
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Knee Prosthesis
- Humans
- Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- Femoral Fractures
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Murrell, G. A., & Nunley, J. A. (1995). Interlocked supracondylar intramedullary nails for supracondylar fractures after total knee arthroplasty. A new treatment method. J Arthroplasty, 10(1), 37–42.
Murrell, G. A., and J. A. Nunley. “Interlocked supracondylar intramedullary nails for supracondylar fractures after total knee arthroplasty. A new treatment method.” J Arthroplasty 10, no. 1 (February 1995): 37–42.
Murrell GA, Nunley JA. Interlocked supracondylar intramedullary nails for supracondylar fractures after total knee arthroplasty. A new treatment method. J Arthroplasty. 1995 Feb;10(1):37–42.
Murrell, G. A., and J. A. Nunley. “Interlocked supracondylar intramedullary nails for supracondylar fractures after total knee arthroplasty. A new treatment method.” J Arthroplasty, vol. 10, no. 1, Feb. 1995, pp. 37–42.
Murrell GA, Nunley JA. Interlocked supracondylar intramedullary nails for supracondylar fractures after total knee arthroplasty. A new treatment method. J Arthroplasty. 1995 Feb;10(1):37–42.
Published In
J Arthroplasty
ISSN
0883-5403
Publication Date
February 1995
Volume
10
Issue
1
Start / End Page
37 / 42
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Stainless Steel
- Radiography
- Postoperative Complications
- Orthopedics
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Knee Prosthesis
- Humans
- Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- Femoral Fractures