Cephalomedullary Nail Breakages in a Multicenter Insertion vs. Retrieval Database Comparison

Background:. Cephalomedullary nails are used for internal fixation of proximal femur fractures, pathological fractures, and for revision fixation in the case of failures. Nail breakages are rare, with published figures demonstrating a high variability with a previous benchmark set at less than 1.3%....

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Main Authors: Anton P. Lambers, MBBS, BMedSc(Hons), MS(Dist), DipMgt, FRACS(Orth), FAOrthA, Bertram Rieger, MD, Alan Kop, PhD, MSc, PGDip, BAppSc, Moreica B. Pabbruwe, BEng(Hons), PhD, Tom Briffa, PhD, Jessica Perring, BSc, MD, MS, Peter D'Alessandro, MBBS(Hons), FRACS(Orth), FAOrthA, Piers J. Yates, MBBS, BSc(Hons) MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Tr & Orth), FRACS(Orth), FAOrthA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2025-06-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.24.00196
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