outcome of distal both bone leg fractures fixed by intramedulary nail for fibula & mippo in tibia

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anil gupta head of department orthopedics & spinal injury govt medical college. jammu

rashid anjum government medical college jammu. jammu & kashmir

navdeep singh govt medical college jammu

shafiq hackla government medical college jammu

چکیده

background:  fractures of the distal third of the tibia are mostly associated with a fibular fracture that often requires fixation. the preferred treatment of distal tibial fracture is the minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis  (mippo) procedure. however, there are no clear cut guidelines on fixation of the fibular fracture and currently most orthopedic surgeons use a plate osteosynthesis for the fibula as well. a common complication associated with dual plating is an increased chance of soft tissue necrosis, infection, and in some cases resulting in an exposed implant. we conducted a prospective study to analyze the results of fractures of the distal in both leg bones managed by the mippo procedure for tibial fractures and a rush nail for fibular fractures.  methods:  the study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital from november 2012 to may 2014, a total of 30 fractures in 30 patients (18 males, 12 females) with a mean age of 42.4 years (26-60 years) were treated in our institution in the aforesaid time period with mippo for tibia and rush nail for fibular fractures. all the cases were operated on by a single surgeon in emergency within 24 hours. the patients with skin blistering and compound fractures were excluded from this study. rehabilitative measures were proceeded as per patient’s pain profile, isometric and isotonic exercises were started on the first post-operative day, with full weight bearing at 10-12 weeks after assessing clinical and radiological :union:. regular follow up of patients was done, radiographs were taken at the immediate post-operative period and at 3, 6, 12 and 24 weeks.  results:  all the patients were available for regular follow up. radiological and clinical :union: proceeded normally in all the patients, no patients had signs of any deep infection, delayed :union: or non:union:, three patients had a superficial infection of the tibial incision that healed with a change in antibiotic.  conclusions:  the use of dual plating for fixation of the lower tibia and fibula fractures is often associated with soft tissue complications, exposed implant, and increased risk of infection. we conclude that in fractures of the distal tibia and fibula it is better to use a rush nail for the fibula with a concurrent mippo for the tibia for the reasons cited above. moreover, with the use of rush nail the cost of implant is also reduced, which is a very important factor in developing  countries.

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