Retrograde Intramedullary Nailing with a Blocking Pin Technique for Reduction of Periprosthetic Supracondylar Femoral Fracture after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Technical Note with a Compatibility Chart of the Nail to Femoral Component
Table 1
Intercondylar notch designs of the inserted TKAs and their compatibility with supracondylar nails. All these dimensions were officially provided by the manufactures.
Manufacture & model name of the component
Size of the component
Intercondylar width of the component (mm)
Distance from the anterior femoral osteotomy phase to the open box anterior edge of the component (mm)
Senko Medical (Tokyo, Japan)
Quest CR
1–5
15–18.6
18.9–24.7
Smith & Nephew (Memphis, TN)
Genesis II CR
1–8
16.5–19
16–19.9
Genesis II PS
1–6
16.5
11–23
Legion CR
1–8
16.5–19
16–19.9
Legion PS
1–6
16.5
9.5–17
Profix CR
All
20
N/A
Profix PS
All
15
N/A
Zimmer (Warsaw, IN)
Nexgen CR-Flex
A–G
11.9–13.3
18.9–27
Nexgen LPS
A–G
13.7–21.2
15.3–20
Nexgen LPS-Flex
A–G
13.7–21.2
15.3–20
MG I CR
S–large plus
11–14
N/A
MG II CR
All
12
N/A
IB I PS
All
16
N/A
IB II PS
54–64
15–18
N/A
Stryker (Kalamazoo, MI)
Scorpio CR, PS
3–13
16.5–20.5
8–17.1
NRG CR
3–13
18–22.2
15.8–26.8
NRG PS
3–13
18–22.2
5.9–17.1
Kinemax Plus CR, PS
X small–large
17–21
9.9–21.6
Omnifit 3000 CR, PS
3–11
19.5
N/A
Delta Fit 7000 CR, PS
3–13
19.5
17.9–20.8
Triathlon CR
1–7
16.1
10–16.5
Triathlon PS
1–7
20.8
10–16.5
Depuy (Warsaw, IN)
Sigma CR
1.5–5
17.8
12–16.7
LCS RP CR
Small–large plus
14.4–21.9
12.7–20.9
Biomet (Warsaw, IN)
ACG CR
55–75
18.1–23.9
N/A
Maxim CR
55–75
13.3–15.3
N/A
Maxim PS
55–75
15.2
N/A
Vanguard CR
55–75
13.3–15.3
13.9–20.1
Vanguard PS
55–75
16.3
10.8–17.7
Vanguard RP CR, PS
55–70
16.3
3–3.8
Kyocera Medical (Osaka, Japan)
Bisurface PS
X small–X large
16.5
4.5–9.5
LFA CR
1–4
18–22.5
19.5–24.5
LFA PS
1–4
18
9.4–14.4
CR, cruciate retaining; PS, posterior stabilized; N/A, not available.
