27-09-2024 | Overweight | Original Paper
Rotatory malunion following antegrade intramedullary femoral nailing for femoral shaft fractures: incidence and risk factors
Published in: International Orthopaedics
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Retrospective study.
Setting
Level I academic Trauma Center.
Patient selection criteria
Adult patients with femoral shaft fractures in which a bilateral computed-tomography (CT) scan of both femurs was performed, with a two years minimal follow-up.
Outcome measures and comparisons
Criteria related to the patient and the fracture were studied. We fixed the following angles, i.e. 10° and 15°, as references for calculating the RM.