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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 73, Issue 4 598-606, Copyright © 1991 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

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Interlocking nailing for the treatment of femoral fractures due to gunshot wounds

DA Wiss, WW Brien and V Becker
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.

Fifty-six patients who had a fracture of the femur due to a low-velocity gunshot injury were treated with interlocking nailing with the Grosse-Kempf nail. Patients who had an isolated fracture were treated by intravenous administration of antibiotics followed by delayed interlocking nailing. Ninety-three per cent of the fractures had Grade-III or IV comminution. At an average duration of follow-up of sixteen months (range, twelve to twenty-nine months), the results of closed interlocking nailing were excellent. All of the fractures united an average of twenty-three weeks (range, fourteen to forty weeks) after the nailing. There were no apparent infections in the entire series. There were two delayed unions and seven malunions. Five patients had a serious associated vascular injury; four of these five had interlocking nailing immediately after vascular repair. The fractures united without any residual vascular insufficiency.
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