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An alternative direction for proximal locking in retrograde femoral nails
Michael Prayson1, Michael Herbenick, Karl Siebuhr
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Orthopedics
|August 22, 2008
Abstract:
Lateral-to-medial proximal interlocking screw insertion for retrograde femoral nails avoids potential neurovascular injury while maintaining stable interlocking mechanics.
