Journal of orthopaedic trauma
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Clinical Trial
Surgical dislocation of the femoral head for joint debridement and accurate reduction of fractures of the acetabulum.
To evaluate fracture reduction, femoral head viability, and outcome of selected acetabular fractures treated operatively using a modified Kocher-Langenbeck approach with a trochanteric flip osteotomy and surgical dislocation of the femoral head. ⋯ This study indicates that this technique for surgical dislocation of the femoral head is safe and facilitates assessment of fracture reduction in selected acetabular fractures.
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To determine if age, fracture pattern, systolic blood pressure on arrival, base deficit, or the Revised Trauma Score is predictive of mortality, transfusion requirements, use of pelvic arteriography, later complications, or injuries associated with the pelvic ring disruption. ⋯ Shock on arrival and the Revised Trauma Score are useful predictors of mortality and transfusion requirements, Injury Severity Score, and Abbreviated Injury Scores for the head and neck, face, chest, abdomen, and extremities. In addition, the Revised Trauma Score predicts the use of pelvic arteriography and later complications. Age predicted transfusion requirement, Injury Severity Score, the chest and skin Abbreviated Injury Scores, use of arteriography, and death.
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The assessment of fracture healing is both a clinically relevant and frequently used outcome measure following lower extremity trauma. However, it remains uncertain whether there is a consensus in the assessment of fracture healing among orthopaedic surgeons. Variability in the assessment of healing may have important implications in surgeons' decisions to intervene when they perceive fracture healing is slow to progress. ⋯ There is a lack of consensus in the assessment of fracture healing in tibial shaft fractures among orthopaedic surgeons. Varying definitions of nonunion and malunion may influence the decision to intervene in an effort to promote fracture healing and/or realign the fracture.
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The incidence of nonunion and osteonecrosis after femoral neck fracture has been well documented. In older patients implant arthroplasty is well established as an acceptable treatment of these problems. However, in the younger population alternatives to implant arthroplasty are favored to preserve the femoral head. Surgical treatments for nonunion of the femoral neck include osteotomy, nonvascularized bone grafting, muscle-pedicle bone grafting, and vascularized bone grafting. The purpose of this study is to examine the results of free vascularized fibular grafting as a treatment of nonunion of the femoral neck in patients younger than fifty years. ⋯ Rates of complications, such as nonunion and osteonecrosis, after femoral neck fractures in young patients have been reported to be as high as 86 percent. Treatments such as osteotomy, muscle-pedicle bone grafting, nonvascularized bone grafting, and vascularized bone grafting have reported variable results. Based on the results reported in this study, vascularized fibular bone grafting compares favorably with a high union rate (91 percent initially, 100 percent after secondary procedures) and successful long-term salvage of the femoral head in 91 percent of the patients. Free vascularized fibular bone grafting represents a promising solution for this difficult problem.
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Review Case Reports
Endoscopic-assisted, minimally invasive anterior pelvic ring stabilization: a new technique and case report.
This report describes the technique of endoscopic-assisted reduction and stabilization of the anterior pelvic ring with endoscopic visualization of all critical bone and soft tissue structures. Compared with the conventional ilioinguinal approach of Letournel, the endoscopic technique facilitates a reliable internal fixation of anterior pelvic ring fractures with minimal soft tissue trauma. Thus, the use of the endoscope enables us to apply the concept of minimal invasive plate osteosynthesis to the pelvis. We recommend the described technique for complex anterior pelvic ring fractures, in which the anterior stabilization has to be achieved with a plate from the symphyseal region to the iliac wing.