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What is Long bone fracture fixation done with - and explain in detail?
Intramedullary nails These are suitable for long bones. A nail (or long rod) is inseed into the medullary canal to splint the fracture; rotational forces are resisted by introducing transverse interlocking screws that transfix the bone coices and the nail proximal and distal to the fracture. Nails are used with or without prior reaming of the medullary canal; reamed nails achieve an interference fit in addition to the added stability from interlocking screws, but at the expense of temporary loss of the intramedullary blood supply. REF:Apley&;s system of ohopaedics-9th edn- pg no 703 .