If indicated, the herein demonstrated procedure with an augmentive plate fixation while leaving the nail in situ is simple and safe. Although the intramedullary canal is potentially affected through the initial nailing, the healing of femoral non-unions was observed in the majority of cases in spite of the additional extramedullary approach for plating and bone grafting.
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