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Expert R/AFN Retrograde /Antegrade Femoral Nail. - Osteosyntese

Expert R/AFN Retrograde /Antegrade Femoral Nail. - Osteosyntese

Expert R/AFN Retrograde /Antegrade Femoral Nail. - Osteosyntese

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Place the radiographic ruler for nail diameters over the femurso that the measuring edge is located over the isthmus.Select the nail diameter shown when the medullary canal /cortex transition is still visible on both sides of the marking(12 mm in this example).If the reamed technique is used, the diameter of the largestmedullary reamer applied must be 0.5 to 1.5 mm larger thanthe nail diameter.4ApproachFor 33-A.X and 32-X.X fractures either make a transligamental(ligamentum patellae) or a parapatellar incision.For 33-C.X fractures either make a medial or a lateralparapatellar approach depending on the type and locationof fracture.Synthes 15

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