Locking nail for the treatment of femoral shaft fractures

摘要

The locking nail is especially for treatment of femur shaft and trochanter fractures. The proximal nail section (2) blends smoothly into the distal nail section (3). Both sections of the nail have through-bores (2e-3c) to accommodate bone screws. The distal nail section has a curvature running in an anterior-posterior plane, corresponding to the ante-curvature of the femur. The proximal nail section, at least over a part section (2a,2b), has a continuous curvature running in a medial plane (1mE) with constant radius of curvature.