Synthes The Titanium Femoral Nail System, Technique Manual

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Fully seat the nail
Determine locking bolt or locking screw position
Seat the nail
Using light blows of the
hammer, seat the nail into
the distal metaphysis, leaving
the proximal nail end at or
just below the level of the tip
of the greater trochanter.
If the nail has been inserted
over a 2.5 mm Reaming Rod,
remove the reaming rod.
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Verify nail
insertion depth
Insert the 11.0 mm/8.0 mm
protection sleeve into the 130°
hole in the black section of the
insertion handle. The sleeve
will act as a pointer. Under
AP image intensification,
further insert or withdraw
the nail until a line drawn
through the sleeve corresponds
to the desired locking bolt or
locking screw position.
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33
130
˚
ANTEGRADE
LOCKING