Femoral Shaft Fractures (Subscribe)  

OTA Paper 1998: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the subjective and objective incidence of knee pain after retrograde management of femoral shaft fractures and compare these results with patients managed by traditional antegrade management.

OTA Poster 2004: The purpose of this study was to examine a large population of patients treated with intramedullary nailing to determine factors associated with increased radiation exposure.

Medscape 2002. Reports from the OTA Conference. Features reports on arthroscopically assisted retrograde nailing of femur fractures in adults and treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children

Medscape 2000 Report from the Vail Orthopaedics Symposium features
1. Indirect Reduction of the Femur
2. Retrograde and antegrade nailing
3. Supracondylar Femur Fractures
4. Current Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures
5. Current Technique: Use of Hemiarthroplasty in Femoral Neck Fractures
6. Classification and Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fractures

Short account (for medical students) of conservative and operative treatment for fractures of the femoral shaft.

OTA paper 2004: The Agony of Antegrade Nailing
The purpose of this investigation was to compare obese to non-obese patients with regard to femoral shaft fracture characteristics, results of antegrade vs. retrograde femoral nailing, and clinical outcomes.

AONA cases. Presented by Jeff Anglen

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Home Page and Reading list: Entry to over 30 topics relating to femoral shaft fracture and key references

Full text of article ? thesis from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Very full treatment of this subject

Flinders Registrars' Notebook: Revision notes on this topic
Mechanism
Classification
Related Injuries
Treatment
Prognosis

Femoral Shaft Fractures Classification: Winquist: OTA Basic Fracture Course Expert

Fractures of the femoral shaft can occur as a result of high energy trauma or low energy falls in osteoporotic patients. The bimodal distribution peaks at 25 and 65 years of age with an overall incidence of approximately 1 per 10,000 people per year. Motor vehicle accident is...

Illustrated account of setting up traction for femoral fractures in children and adults

OTA paper 2004: The purpose of this study was to identify any pattern of vascular injury that correlates with the level of femur fracture and to assess our treatment algorithm for these complex injuries.

Author: James E Keany, MD, FACEP 2007
This article discusses fractures of the femoral diaphysis. The femur is the largest and strongest bone and has a good blood supply. Because of this and its protective surrounding muscle, the shaft requires a large amount of force to fracture. Once a fracture does...