Is the femoral neck geometry adequate for placement of the proximal femoral nail in the Malaysian population? A review of 100 cases

• Main Authors: Chiu, Chee Kidd, Chan, Chris Yin Wei, Singh, Vivek Ajit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3595/1/is_the_femoral_neck_geometry_adequate_for_placement.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/3595/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2009/v64n1/Proximal_Femoral.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Issues that had been encountered during proximal femoral fracture fixation using proximal femoral nail include i) the adequacy of the femoral neck width in the local population and ii) the potential difficulty encountered during fixation in certain prefixed angles as determined by the implant. This...