Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study

BACKGROUND: The incidence of undetected radiographically iatrogenic longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex during intramedullary nailing of the femur has not been well documented. METHODS: Cadaveric study using nine pairs of fresh-frozen femora from adult cadavers. The nine pairs of femora un...

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Autores principales: Papadakis, Stamatios A, Zalavras, Charalampos, Mirzayan, Raffy, Shepherd, Lane
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18637197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-3-30
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author Papadakis, Stamatios A
Zalavras, Charalampos
Mirzayan, Raffy
Shepherd, Lane
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description BACKGROUND: The incidence of undetected radiographically iatrogenic longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex during intramedullary nailing of the femur has not been well documented. METHODS: Cadaveric study using nine pairs of fresh-frozen femora from adult cadavers. The nine pairs of femora underwent a standardized antegrade intramedullary nailing and the detection of iatrogenic lesions, if any, was performed macroscopically and by radiographic control. RESULTS: Longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex was revealed in 5 of 18 cadaver femora macroscopically. Anterior splitting was not detectable in radiographic control. CONCLUSION: Longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex during intramedullary nailing of the femur cannot be detected radiographically.
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spelling pubmed-24906802008-07-30 Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study Papadakis, Stamatios A Zalavras, Charalampos Mirzayan, Raffy Shepherd, Lane J Orthop Surg Research Article BACKGROUND: The incidence of undetected radiographically iatrogenic longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex during intramedullary nailing of the femur has not been well documented. METHODS: Cadaveric study using nine pairs of fresh-frozen femora from adult cadavers. The nine pairs of femora underwent a standardized antegrade intramedullary nailing and the detection of iatrogenic lesions, if any, was performed macroscopically and by radiographic control. RESULTS: Longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex was revealed in 5 of 18 cadaver femora macroscopically. Anterior splitting was not detectable in radiographic control. CONCLUSION: Longitudinal splitting in the anterior cortex during intramedullary nailing of the femur cannot be detected radiographically. BioMed Central 2008-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2490680/ /pubmed/18637197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-3-30 Text en Copyright © 2008 Papadakis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shepherd, Lane
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title Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study
title_full Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study
title_fullStr Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study
title_full_unstemmed Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study
title_short Undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study
title_sort undetected iatrogenic lesions of the anterior femoral shaft during intramedullary nailing: a cadaveric study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18637197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-3-30
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