Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Evaluation of retrograde nailing for surgical stabilization of distal 1/3rd fracture shaft femur

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1Dr. Sushant Balakrishnan, 2Dr. Momin Bin Latheef

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Background: The distal 1/3rd femoral fractures constitute 6% of all femoral fractures. The present study was conducted to evaluate results of retrograde nailing for surgical stabilization of distal 1/3rd fracture shaft femur. Materials & Methods: 58 patients of distal 1/3rd fractures of femu rof both gender were treated by retrograde nailing. Parameters noted were mode of injury, type of fracture, ROM, time from injury, duration of the surgery, time for fracture healing, and functional assessment by Lysholm knee scoring etc

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