Gerhard Küntscher 1900-1972

S., M.; Fischer, Siegfried

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“…Kuntscher cloverleaf nail (K-nail) with its longitudinal slot is a type of intramedullary (IM) rod that was introduced by Gerhard Kuntscher working with Professor Fischer and Engineer Ernst Pohl at the University of Kiel in Germany in the 1930s [ 1 , 2 ]. This stainless steel intramedullary nail was used for fixing simple transverse, short oblique, or Winquist-Hensen types I and II comminuted midshaft diaphyseal fractures of the femur [ 1 ]. The original nail was in the shape of the letter V, but later introduced in the four-leaved clover form for additional strength and easier use.…”

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“…The common etiologies of the extrusion are infection, delayed union with shortening, inappropriate K-nail size, disuse osteoporosis, and premature weight bearing. To avoid the possibility of late onset migration and spontaneous extrusion, it is recommended that K-nails be routinely extracted as soon as union and consolidation of the fracture are radiologically established [ 1 ]. We present a case of left knee arthropathy resulting from distal migration Kuntscher intramedullary nail secondary to chronic osteomyelitis.…”

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Spontaneous Distal Extrusion of Kuntscher Intramedullary Nail

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Kuharajan

Shafika

et al. 2021

Case Reports in Orthopedics

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Migration of femoral Kuntscher intramedullary nail (K-nail) proximally or distally within the femoral medullary cavity is a well-known documented complication, but spontaneous extrusion of a distally migrated K-nail is a rare complication. This is a case report of a 33-year-old lady who complained of sudden onset left knee pain and presented with spontaneous extrusion of a Kuntscher nail 12 years postinsertion. She underwent a successful K-nail removal surgery and showed a good clinical outcome after 6 months of outpatient follow-up.

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Spontaneous Distal Extrusion of Kuntscher Intramedullary Nail

Teh

Kuharajan

Shafika

et al. 2021

Case Reports in Orthopedics

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History of Intramedullary Nailing

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2014

Intramedullary Nailing

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Küntscher – A historical vignette

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Negrin

2013

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His life storyGerhard Ku¨ntscher was born on 1 December 1900 in Zwickau (Germany). Generally, he is regarded as the father of intramedullary locked nailing and as the developer of intramedullary osteosynthesis. On 9 November 1939, he performed the first procedure at the ''Chirurgische Klinik'' in Kiel (Germany); in March 1940, he presented the results of 11 femur nails as well as one forearm and one humerus nail at the Congress of the German Surgical Society in Berlin. The announcement of his innovative method led to a generally hostile discussion amongst Germany's pre-eminent surgeons. Only his chief AW Fischer took Ku¨ntscher's side and supported him. In December 1939, Ku¨ntscher was granted with the industrial property rights for intramedullary nailing. In 1941, he reported for duty at the eastern front where he worked in main dressing stations and in battlefield hospitals.In 1942, after a meeting of the Supreme Army Command in Krasnodar, intramedullary nailing of the femur was introduced to the German army due to the advice of Sauerbruch, Handloser, Frey, Bo¨hler and Wachsmut. In 1943, Ku¨ntscher was detached to the German military hospital in Kemi (Finnland) where he served as a consulting surgeon till 1944 (Cross, 2001).In 1945, Kuntscher returned to Germany. Unable to work in Kiel, he went to Schleswig-Hesterberg where he was treated for diphtheria for several months (Ratschko and Mehs, 2011). In the same year, the book ''Technik der Marknagelung'', written by Ku¨ntscher and Richard Maatz, a surgery resident at the

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Gerhard Küntscher 1900-1972

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Spontaneous Distal Extrusion of Kuntscher Intramedullary Nail

Spontaneous Distal Extrusion of Kuntscher Intramedullary Nail

History of Intramedullary Nailing

Küntscher – A historical vignette

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