The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 58, Issue 8 1067-1070, Copyright © 1976 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Pathological fractures in the proximal part of the femur treated by Zickel-nail fixation
MR Mickelson and M Bonfiglio
Twenty-one patients were treated with Zickel nail for neoplastic
pathological fracture or impending pathological fracture: in the femoral
neck in three, in the intertrochanteric region in three, and in the
subtrochanteric region in fifteen. Nineteen patients were restored to
bed-chain status by the third postoperative day, and twenty were able to
walk. Failure of fixation did not occur and there were no infections.