Concept for General Improvements in the Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures with an Intramedullary Nail

Finn Siegel, Christian Buj, Ralf Schwanbeck, Andreas Petersik, Ulrich Hoffmann, Jakob Kemper, Frank Hildebrand, Philipp Kobbe, Jörg Eschweiler, Johannes Greven, Ricarda Merfort, Christian Freimann, Astrid Schwaiger, Frerk Aschwege

2023

Abstract

The gold standard for femoral shaft fracture treatment is intramedullary (IM) nailing. This principle has gained acceptance because of the good fracture healing rate and the rapid return to full weight-bearing of the leg. Nevertheless, a significant number of patients suffer from impairments in everyday life years after treatment. This paper discusses various causes and presents possible solutions: a) Improving the IM nailing procedure by developing a new intraoperative assistance system to precisely restore length and rotation angle of the injured femur. b) Improving rehabilitation after IM nailing treatment, through home monitoring. c) Increasing data safety, standardization, and centralization along the entire patient pathway, enabling analytics to statistically verify improvements in IM nailing treatments.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Siegel F., Buj C., Schwanbeck R., Petersik A., Hoffmann U., Kemper J., Hildebrand F., Kobbe P., Eschweiler J., Greven J., Merfort R., Freimann C., Schwaiger A. and Aschwege F. (2023). Concept for General Improvements in the Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures with an Intramedullary Nail. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-631-6, SciTePress, pages 360-367. DOI: 10.5220/0011679100003414

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf23,
author={Finn Siegel and Christian Buj and Ralf Schwanbeck and Andreas Petersik and Ulrich Hoffmann and Jakob Kemper and Frank Hildebrand and Philipp Kobbe and Jörg Eschweiler and Johannes Greven and Ricarda Merfort and Christian Freimann and Astrid Schwaiger and Frerk Aschwege},
title={Concept for General Improvements in the Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures with an Intramedullary Nail},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2023},
pages={360-367},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011679100003414},
isbn={978-989-758-631-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Concept for General Improvements in the Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures with an Intramedullary Nail
SN - 978-989-758-631-6
AU - Siegel F.
AU - Buj C.
AU - Schwanbeck R.
AU - Petersik A.
AU - Hoffmann U.
AU - Kemper J.
AU - Hildebrand F.
AU - Kobbe P.
AU - Eschweiler J.
AU - Greven J.
AU - Merfort R.
AU - Freimann C.
AU - Schwaiger A.
AU - Aschwege F.
PY - 2023
SP - 360
EP - 367
DO - 10.5220/0011679100003414
PB - SciTePress