Intramedullary Fixation Plating of a Distal Metadiaphyseal Femoral Fracture for Provisional Stabilization and Definitive Osteosynthesis
Jason Fink, BS1; Bradley A. Fink, DO2 1Second year medical student, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2Orthopedic Surgeon, TrinityHealth Mid-Atlantic Nazareth Hospital Abstract The authors present a case involving a closed complex distal metadiaphyseal femoral fracture that lacked inherent stability to allow conventional provisional stabilization prior to definitive fixation. Comminution, traumatic soft tissue stripping and poor […]