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Ultrasound or image intensifier for closed femoral nailing



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Abstract

We describe a method of closed, unlocked nailing for femoral fractures using ultrasound instead of an image intensifier. Radiography was used only to confirm that the guide wire had been passed into the intramedullary canal of both fragments. The method succeeded in 26 of 30 cases. The failures all occurred in fractures which could not be reduced within 20 minutes. The operating time in those nailed successfully with ultrasound control was not different from the time for 30 control cases using conventional methods with an image intensifier.

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