The drawbacks of plating techniques for the treatment of @entity3330 are the need for a large exposure with the possible risk of soft tissue damage, devascularisation of bone fragments and loss of the possible positive effect of the @entity174 @entity1410 . Moreover, early weight bearing is not advisable with these implants. To find out whether the retrograde nailing of @entity3330 is beneficial we performed this study. Between @entity3490 , 1993 and September 1, 1995, 25 @entity1 with 26 @entity3330 were treated in our department with retrograde femoral nailing. According to the ASIF-classification we classified 20 @entity174 as @entity174 and 6 @entity174 as intercondylar C @entity174 . All @entity174 were closed and without important soft tissue damage. One @entity1 dies of a not @entity174 -related cause before @entity174 healing was achieved. Twenty-five @entity174 healed. According to our relative Neer-score we counted 18/25 (72%) excellent results (> or = 85 points), 5/25 (20%) good results (> or = 70 points), 1 (4%) fair result (> or = 55 points and 1 (4%) bad result (< 55 points). The retrograde intramedullary nailing makes a biological osteosynthesis of @entity3330 possible. Also in our aged @entity1 good functional results could be obtained. Poor hold of the distal interlocking screws and difficult interlocking are the 2 major technical problems encountered with this implant. Early weight bearing is not advisable.

Treatment of XXXX in the elderly. Results with the retrograde intramedullary supracondylar nail.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'supracondylar A fractures', 'fracture'] @entity1410 :: ('MESH:D006406', 'Disease') :: ['hematoma'] @entity3490 :: ('55016', 'Gene') :: ['March 1'] @entity3330 :: ('MESH:D005264', 'Disease') :: ['distal femoral fractures']
@entity3330 :: (MESH:D005264,Disease) :: ['distal femoral fractures']
