ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2025
The proximal femoral universal nail system (PFUN): a novel intramedullary nail for treating complex proximal femoral fractures and its biomechanical comparison with the proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA).
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- Systematic evaluation of the biomechanical characteristics of PFNA, PFBN, and InterTan fixation for intertrochanteric fractures under gradient variations of proximal femoral lateral wall thickness and delineation of optimal fixation domains.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Comparative study on the clinical efficacy of femoral neck system and cannulated cancellous screw in the treatment of femoral neck fractures in young patients.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- New proximal femoral nail antirotation in the treatment of elderly intertrochanteric fractures with lateral wall fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Comparison of proximal femoral universal nail and proximal femoral nail anti-rotation internal fixation for older patients with intertrochanteric femoral fracture: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Is an additional cannulated screw necessary for unstable femoral neck fractures with comminuted posteromedial cortex by femoral neck system (FNS) fixation? a biomechanical and clinical study.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
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aimsThe loss of medial and lateral wall support were the main risk factors of implant failure for proximal femoral fractures. A novel intramedullary nail, called proximal femoral universal nail system (PFUN), was proposed by our team to reconstruct the medial wall and lateral wall integrity and the biomechanical performance was evaluated in this study.
methodsThe synthetic femora were assigned to three groups randomly according to three different proximal femoral fracture types. For each group, the PFUN or PFNA were implanted separately and divided into PFUN subgroup and PFNA subgroup. Biomechanical tests were separately conducted in the axial compression test, torsional test, and fatigue test in sequence. The finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted by ANSYS 14.5 and we analyzed the von Mises stress distribution and the model displacement of two implant models in three different fracture types.
resultsFor proximal femoral fractures with intact medial wall and lateral wall, our biomechanical results showed that the PFUN had a similar biomechanical property with the PFNA. Furthermore, the biomechanical results showed that the PFUN had a larger axial stiffness, higher torsional strength, and a similar failure load when compared with the PFNA for proximal femoral fracture with medial wall fracture. For proximal femoral fractures with broken medial wall and lateral wall, a larger axial stiffness, higher average torque and higher failure load were found in the PFUN when compared with the PFNA. The FEA results showed that the PFUN model had a higher stress concentration compared with the PFNA model, and the total displacement of the PFNA model increased by 11.63% when compared with the PFUN model in the proximal femoral fracture with broken medial wall and lateral wall.
conclusionOur results showed that PFUN had better biomechanical performance than PFNA, especially for complex proximal femoral fractures with medial wall fracture and lateral wall fracture, indicating that the PFUN had great potential as a new fixation strategy in future clinical applications.
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