The art of trochanteric fracture reduction

Abstract The name of Ender is primarily associated with the Ender nails, which were popular for trochanteric fracture fixation more than thirty years ago. However, Ender's concepts were not limited to the implant. Ender developed a unique classification system for trochanteric and subtrochanter...

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Published in:Injury 2016-12, Vol.47, p.S3-S6
Main Authors: Biber, Roland, Berger, Johanna, Bail, Hermann Josef
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bone Nails
Bone Screws
classification
Femoral Fractures - classification
Femoral Fractures - surgery
Fracture Fixation, Internal - history
Fracture Fixation, Internal - instrumentation
Fracture Fixation, Internal - methods
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - instrumentation
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - methods
fracture reduction
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Orthopedics
stability
subtrochanteric fracture
trochanteric fracture
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Summary:Abstract The name of Ender is primarily associated with the Ender nails, which were popular for trochanteric fracture fixation more than thirty years ago. However, Ender's concepts were not limited to the implant. Ender developed a unique classification system for trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures, which provided the theory for closed reduction maneuvers that made the method so successful in his hands. While Ender's nails have become history in the meantime, his principles of fracture reduction can be readily applied on surgery with modern implants such as proximal femoral nails. This article reflects the classification and the principles published by Hans Georg Ender in some print work hardly available nowadays.
ISSN:0020-1383
1879-0267
DOI:10.1016/S0020-1383(16)30845-2