No Evidence of Infection After Retrograde Nailing of Supracondylar Femur Fracture in Gunshot Wounds

Abstract

Retrograde intramedullary nailing of the femur can be performed in patients with supracondylar fractures of the femur due to gunshot wounds, and without skin defects, in the first 7 days after the trauma. Neither osteomyelitis of the femur nor septic arthritis of the knee develops in these patients.