Intramedullary hip screw.

摘要

An intramedullary hip screw includes an intramedullary rod, a lag screw and a sleeve for slidably receiving the lag screw. The sleeve is received in a passage in the intramedullary rod having an axis which is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the intramedullary rod such that the axis of the sleeve is directed toward the head of the femur. The intramedullary hip screw of the present invention permits sliding compression of fractures, particuarly intertrochanteric fractures and fractures of the femoral neck.