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Gerhard Küntscher

German orthopaedic surgeon, Kiel, Hamburg 1900 - 1972, born in Zwickau, died in Flensburg

Küntscher invented the elastic intramedullary nail to close fractures from the medullary cavity. He also developed the flexible reamer to open up the medullary cavity, the interior oscillatory saw and the so-called interlocking nail, a detensor for treating comminuted fractures.

Intramedullary Nail

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