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Beall MS, Nebel E, Bailey RW. Transarticular fixation in the treatment of non-union of supracondylar fractures of the femur: a salvage procedure. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1979;61(7):1018-23
Beall, M. S., Nebel, E., & Bailey, R. W. (1979). Transarticular fixation in the treatment of non-union of supracondylar fractures of the femur: a salvage procedure. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 61(7), 1018-23.
Beall, M S, et al. "Transarticular fixation in the treatment of non-union of supracondylar fractures of the femur: a salvage procedure." The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume vol. 61,7 (1979): 1018-23.
Beall MS, Nebel E, Bailey RW. Transarticular fixation in the treatment of non-union of supracondylar fractures of the femur: a salvage procedure. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1979 Oct;61(7):1018-23. PMID: 489642.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1979 Oct;61(7):1018-23.

Transarticular fixation in the treatment of non-union of supracondylar fractures of the femur: a salvage procedure.

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume

M S Beall, E Nebel, R W Bailey

PMID: 489642

Abstract

We treated eleven non-unions of a supracondylar fracture of the femur with application of a bone graft and fixation with a Küntscher intramedullary rod driven across the knee joint. In ten of the eleven patients the fracture united and the patients obtained stability, relief of pain, and, in two patients, an increased range of motion of the knee. Most surgeons use the blade-plate or the compression screw for fixation, but the intramedullary nail may be a better device and may simplifty the surgical procedure.

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