DOES SIZE MATTERS? THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PREOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHIC CANAL MEASUREMENTS AND ACTUAL INTRA OPERATIVE NAIL SIZE IN CASES OF FEMUR AND TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURES.

Dr Shantanu Bhardwaj; Dr Satyen Joshi; Dr Akshay Fuse

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

DOES SIZE MATTERS? THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PREOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHIC CANAL MEASUREMENTS AND ACTUAL INTRA OPERATIVE NAIL SIZE IN CASES OF FEMUR AND TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURES.

Dr Shantanu Bhardwaj, Dr Satyen Joshi, Dr Akshay Fuse

Abstract :

The radiographic assessment of the canal diameter of the femur and tibia is frequently done in cases where intramedullary nailing is planned as the modality for fixation. In setups with limited resources and most of the Indian scenarios in rural areas where the facilities for ct scan are not available or due to financial crunch to the patients , radiographic assessment can be done with the use of an X–rays anteroposterior view . Our study focuses on the femur and tibial canal diameter measurement done preoperatively and its correlation with the size of actual intramedullary nail used intra operatively.