Abstract: A marrow nail for use in a marrow cavity nailing procedure for the treatment of bone fractures, including a tubular, carbon fiber reinforced plastic nail body having a tip which has a distal end, the nail body being elongated and being curved along its length, and the tip having a conically tapered outer surface which is ground and which tapers toward the distal end.

Abstract: A marrow nail for the treatment of bone fractures, including a marrow nail body having a hollow tubular cross section, the marrow nail body having a constricted marrow nail head, and a marrow nail tool for driving in, extracting and changing the position of the marrow nail during repositioning of a constricted marrow nail head. The marrow nail tool includes two generally parallel gripper jaws which are pivotable relative to one another, each of the two gripper jaws having a respective distal end which extends toward the other one respective distal end, a generally rectangular mandrel disposed between the two gripper jaws, and a securing ring which can be moved into a position encircling the two gripper jaws.