TY - JOUR
T1 - Incarcerated Femoral Shaft Fracture in Young Adults
T2 - A Report of Two Cases
AU - 劉, 献道(Hsien-Tao Liu)
AU - 王, 宜君(I-Chun Wang)
AU - 游, 重銘(Chung-Ming Yu)
AU - 王, 坤全(Kun-Chung Wang)
AU - Chen, Chih-Hwa
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - In young adults, nearly all complete femoral shaft fractures are displaced fractures. In a special situation of an adequate bending movement or an adequate direct force to break the femur, an incarceratable geometry of the fracture ends and balanced muscular forces of the thigh after a fracture, fracture ends will lock in varal alignment. In this situation, we can complete closed femoral nailing without the use of a fracture table and fluoroscope in lateral decubitus position after careful preparation. Therefore, we could avoid some radiation exposure.
AB - In young adults, nearly all complete femoral shaft fractures are displaced fractures. In a special situation of an adequate bending movement or an adequate direct force to break the femur, an incarceratable geometry of the fracture ends and balanced muscular forces of the thigh after a fracture, fracture ends will lock in varal alignment. In this situation, we can complete closed femoral nailing without the use of a fracture table and fluoroscope in lateral decubitus position after careful preparation. Therefore, we could avoid some radiation exposure.
KW - nondisplaced femoral fracture
KW - femoral nailing
M3 - Article
SN - 1011-6923
VL - 22
SP - 198
EP - 200
JO - Journal of Orthopedic Surgery Taiwan
JF - Journal of Orthopedic Surgery Taiwan
IS - 4
ER -