Ender nail

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Ender nail

Orthopedics An unreamed intramedullary nail used for femoral shaft and intertrochanteric fractures; ENs allow early weight-bearing and can be placed with closed technique, which avoids damage to soft tissue and to the periosteal and muscular blood supply

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Compression hip screws and Ender nails are commonly used implants for fixation of intertrochanteric fractures.

Proximal femoral nail for treatment of trochanteric femoral fractures by T Morihara and Y Arai and S Tokugawa and S Fujita and K Chatani and T Kubo / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Zickel nail fixation,2 McLaughlin nail plates,1,3,4 Ender nails,5 and AO blade plate fixation.

Subcapital femoral neck fracture following successful trochanteric ... by Y T Lung and W L Kam and Y F Leung and O M Chung and Y L Wai / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

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