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Abstract
We treated 56 consecutive acute segmental femoral shaft fractures with closed static locked nailing. 12 nails were dynamized after 6 (5-10) months due to slow fracture healing and 5 united after another 5 (3-8) months. The other 7 required cancellous bone grafting and all healed uneventfully 6 (5-8) months after grafting. Since dynamization did not promote healing in most of our cases we suggest early cancellous bone grafting in cases of delayed union.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9462352 DOI: 10.3109/17453679708999022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Orthop Scand ISSN: 0001-6470