An elongated rod (102) for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoralmedulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinalaxis (104) disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts (112) formed in at leasta portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rodis flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal planeand which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the firstplane.
