Title:INTERNAL FIXATION OF FRACTURES (AO) PART 2: MEDULLARY NAILING [Main Title]
Film Number:DRN 2036B
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Summary: Royal Naval Medical Service training film on the treatment of fractures by a group of Naval orthopaedic surgeons using the technique of internal fixation developed by a group of Swiss surgeons (known as the AO method). Showing the treatment of a fractured tibia by use of an intra medullary nail, a hollow tube fitted in the medullary canal of the bone. Also showing the method of removal of the nail, normally carried out 12-24 months after the initial operation.
