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Outcome of intramedullary nail for fixation of osteoporotic femoral shaft fractures in the elderly above 60

Injury Oct 07, 2020

Elbarbary AN, et al. - This study was undertaken to investigate the healing time and incidence of complications in osteoporotic femoral shaft fractures after intramedullary nailing. Researchers performed a retrospective study that including a total of 16 patients above 60 years old with osteoporotic femoral shaft fractures operated between January 2015 and December 2018. For osteoporotic femoral shaft fracture, intramedullary nailing is a good acceptable option in elderly patients with reasonable healing time with no major complications.

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