Posterior comminution is an important cause of insecure fixation. More than half of the insecurely fixed fractures end in nonunion. Clinical experience and laboratory data support the use of 3 screws ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T.

People who sustain the most common type of hip fracture are at increased risk of complications. A special type of MRI has been developed that can show a detailed image following fracture repair, ...

A trend in total hip arthroplasty surgery has been to design more bone-preserving procedures, especially for younger patients. This study investigated the final implant positioning of a short ...

Stryker’s Gamma4 Hip Fracture Nailing System Used in Over 19,000 Cases Since Launch KALAMAZOO, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stryker (NYSE: SYK), one of the world’s leading medical technologies companies, ...

In a standardized experimental setting 20 Gamma3 nails were inserted in non-fractured synthetic femora (Sawbones, Malmö, Sweden) covered in a foam envelope, simulating the soft tissue (Figure 1). In ...

Stryker Corporation SYK recently expanded its Gamma4 Hip Fracture Nailing System by adding an intermediate nail called the RC Lag Screw along with an anti-rotation clip with sleeve components. The ...