Femoral Nailing Technique
Indications
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Indications for Conventional Technique (Nonlocking)

Stable Diaphyseal Fractures


• Transverse fractures
• Short oblique fractures
• Hypertrophic nonunions

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Indications for Locking Technique

Long or Rotationally Unstable Diaphyseal Fractures


• Segmental fractures
• Comminuted fractures
• Fractures with bone loss
  
  Rotationally Unstable Proximal and Distal Fractures

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