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Treatment with Locking Intramedullary Nailing for Intertrochanteric Fracture of the Femur Utilizing a New Awl with a Distal Positioner
Published on: June 6, 2025
Antegrade Nailing for Midshaft Femur Fractures
1Department of Trauma, Acute Care Orthopaedic Service, Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, CA.
Abstract:
The standard of care for treatment of midshaft femur fractures is locked intramedullary nailing. Entry point and patient position remain variables without a single universal method agreed as optimum. Morbid obesity poses additional challenges for intramedullary nailing, where special considerations must be taken. This video demonstrates supine antegrade nailing on a fracture table for a morbidly obese patient with a midshaft bisphosphonate femur fracture.

