1. Proximal Femoral Nailing: Getting the Trajectory Right
- Author
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Prakash Lalwani, Bhaskaran Shivashankar, Wasudeo M. Gadegone, Satyajeet Jagtap, Kiran Janwe, and Yogesh Salphale
- Subjects
030222 orthopedics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Entry angle ,Femoral nail ,business.industry ,Femoral fracture ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Coronal plane ,Trajectory ,medicine ,Deformity ,Lateral view ,030212 general & internal medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Getting the trajectory of the proximal femoral nail in the right direction is essential to achieve a good result in the technically demanding surgery of proximal femoral fracture. Either an inappropriate starting point or a failure to match the chosen implant’s lateral entry angle may cause coronal plane deformity after trochanteric entry nailing. The lateral view is the critical view for localization of the proper starting point. For the right execution of the surgery, getting the trajectoy right is fully under the control of the surgeon and should always be attempted.
- Published
- 2016