Pauwel's angle
Pauwel's angle is the angle between the line of a fracture of the neck of the femur and the horizontal as seen on an anterio-posterior radiograph.[1] Pauwel's angle is named after the German orthopedist Friedrich Pauwels.[2]
Clinical Use
An increasing angle leads to a more unstable fracture and an increase in the shear stress at the fracture site. This shear leads to higher rates of nonunion.
Pauwel's Classification
| Type | Angle |
|---|---|
| I | <30° |
| II | >30°/<50° |
| III | >50° [3] |
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References
- Joshua Blomberg (3 July 2014). "Femoral Neck Fractures". Orthobullets. Retrieved September 2014. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - "History". Unfallchirurgie Universitätsklinikum Aachen. 2014. Retrieved September 2014. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - "Misinterpretation of Pauwel's Classification". Bone And Joint. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved October 2015. Check date values in:
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