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Updated: May 12 2025

Femoral Shaft Fractures

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QID 219432 (Type "219432" in App Search)
A 35-year-old male presents after a motor vehicle collision with right thigh deformity and pain, and his radiographs are shown in Figures A and B. The patient is appropriately resuscitated and taken to the operating room for fixation of his right femoral shaft fracture. Which of the following operative considerations is the most significant risk factor for non-union?
  • A
  • B

Open fracture reduction

23%

188/806

Addition of cerclage wires around the fracture

12%

94/806

Retrograde intramedullary nail

1%

11/806

Intramedullary nail with an unreamed technique

59%

472/806

Staged external fixation followed by definitive intramedullary nail

4%

36/806

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  • B

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Trauma⎪Femoral Shaft Fractures
  • Trauma
  • - Femoral Shaft Fractures
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10/15/2019
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