Lower Limb Trauma
A 28-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a motorcycle collision. He has an isolated closed right femoral shaft fracture with significant thigh swelling and shortening. He is hemodynamically stable with no other injuries identified on trauma workup. His hemoglobin is 110 g/L. Regarding femoral shaft fractures:
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Femoral shaft fractures in adults are high-energy injuries often associated with significant blood l...
The entry point for antegrade femoral nailing is at the piriformis fossa (traditional) or the greate...
Femoral neck fractures associated with femoral shaft fractures are easily detected on initial radiog...
Damage control orthopaedics (DCO) with temporary external fixation may be indicated in polytrauma pa...
Complications of femoral shaft fractures and nailing include malunion (particularly rotational), non...
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