Intramedullary nailing for open fractures of the femoral shaft: evaluation of contributing factors on deep infection and nonunion using multivariate analysis

Injury ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1085-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Noumi ◽  
Kazuhiko Yokoyama ◽  
Hiroshi Ohtsuka ◽  
Koushin Nakamura ◽  
Moritoshi Itoman
Author(s):  
Murat Demiroğlu

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> <span lang="TR">Femoral shaft fractures are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in the lower extremity injuries</span><span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> <span lang="TR">21 femoral body fractures of 19 adult patients were treated with the unreamed intramedullary nailing. Of 19 patients 14 were males and 5 were females</span>.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> <span lang="TR">All fractures healed. Deep infection was not encountered. According to the Thoresen criteria, the rate of excellent-good results was 78%. In two patients, who had also cranial trauma, development of excessive callus was observed. None of the patients required a secondary operation</span><span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> <span lang="TR">Unreamed intramedullary nailing, if it can be implemented with closed technique and with double lock screw at the distal side, provides satisfactory results in the femoral shaft fractures</span><span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p> </p>


1989 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 1324-1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Brumback ◽  
P S Ellison ◽  
A Poka ◽  
R Lakatos ◽  
G H Bathon ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Murat Demiroğlu

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> <span lang="TR">Femoral shaft fractures are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in the lower extremity injuries</span><span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> <span lang="TR">21 femoral body fractures of 19 adult patients were treated with the unreamed intramedullary nailing. Of 19 patients 14 were males and 5 were females</span>.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> <span lang="TR">All fractures healed. Deep infection was not encountered. According to the Thoresen criteria, the rate of excellent-good results was 78%. In two patients, who had also cranial trauma, development of excessive callus was observed. None of the patients required a secondary operation</span><span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> <span lang="TR">Unreamed intramedullary nailing, if it can be implemented with closed technique and with double lock screw at the distal side, provides satisfactory results in the femoral shaft fractures</span><span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p> </p>


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Rainer J. Litz ◽  
Axel R. Heller ◽  
Mitko Georgiev ◽  
Oliver W. Hakenberg ◽  
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