Modern developments of ideas from Küntscher

 

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the load across a hip fracture depends on the angle

 

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control of rotation with locking pegs

 

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stabilization of the proximal femur with a Y nail

 

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using the hammer to bend a wire

Küntscher Society - Was ist das?

The Küntscher Society is an international organization of orthopedic and trauma surgeons who are interested in the nailing of long bone fractures and the development of this fixation method.

 

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Gerhard Küntscher

Gerhard Küntscher

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900 - 1972

President           Hans W. Stedtfeld, MD
Vice-President   Jan P.A.M. Verbruggen, MD
Secretary           Georg Gradl, MD
Treasurer           Jessica Heinsen, MD

The Journal of the Gerhard Küntscher Society