Die additive Plattenosteosynthese bei Femurpseudarthrosen nach intramedullärer Stabilisierung

Abstract

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.

Results of revision intramedullary nailing with and without auxillary plate in aseptic trochanteric and subtrochanteric nonunion

“…The use of an Dorien Schneidmueller and Christian von Rüden contributed equllay to this work. intramedullary exchange nail with additional augmentation plate fixation is a well-known approach for diaphyseal femoral nonunion [8][9][10]. However, reliable data for trochanteric and subtrochanteric fracture nonunion despite a few case series with heterogenous patient collectives is not available [11][12][13].…”