Use of blocking osteosynthesis for metaphyseal fractures of the femoral bone
Cherniaev, S.N.; Neverov, V.A.; Khromov, A.A.; Egorov, K.S.; Shebarshov, A.L.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 167(6): 55-58
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 19241818 Document Number: 620244
An analysis of treatment of 95 patients allowed the authors believe that antegrade blocking osteosynthesis gives a reliable fixation of fragments in cases of fractures of distal metaphysic of the femoral bone and prevents the development of extension contracture in the knee joint. It gives a good functional result.