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
The greater the angle, the more unstable the bone fracture is, and so the worse the prognosis.
Pauwel's Classification
| Type |
Angle |
| I |
<30° |
| II |
>30°/<70° |
| III |
>70° |
References
- ↑ Joshua Blomberg (3 July 2014). "Femoral Neck Fractures". Orthobullets. Retrieved September 2014.
- ↑ "History". Unfallchirurgie Universitätsklinikum Aachen. 2014. Retrieved September 2014.
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