We studied 26 femoral fractures treated with Brooker-Wills nail. There were 22 closed and 4 open fractures. Eight were simple fractures and 18 conminuted. We performed distal (dynamic) locking in 13 cases (50%) and static locking in 12 (46%). One case had no locking. In 5 cases (19%) we had some complications, all of them related with the technique. Following the Thoresen's criteria, the results obtained were excelent in 17 cases (65%), good in 6 (23%), fair in 2 (8%) and poor in one (4%). We found a broken nail in a case who developed a pseudarthrosis. In our experience Brooker-Wills nail was found to be an effective device for the treatment of complex femoral shaft fractures, being able to avoid shortening, angulation and rotation of the fragments.
Pino Ortiz, J. M. del ; Tecles Tomas, J. A. ; Beltrán, J. ; Arríete Peris, J. C.. Tratamiento de las fracturas complejas del fémur: nuestra experiencia con el clavo de Brooker-Wills. En: Revista española de cirugía osteoarticular, 1996, Volumen 31, Número 186: 288-292
