Background: Distal femoral fractures are a catastrophic event with bimodal distributions. Despite the advances in techniques and improvements surgical implants, treatment of distal still remains challenge many situations. The purpose this study is to evaluate rate union, functional outcome complications these treated by open reduction internal fixation via plate osteosynthesis. Objectives were-...

Background: Treatment of humeral shaft fractures has been a subject of debate for many decades. Even though a large majority of humeral shaft fractures can be treated by non operative methods, few conditions like open fractures, polytrauma, ipsilateral humeral shaft and forearm fractures require surgical intervention. The goal of treatment of humeral shaft fractures is to establish union with a...

Osteosynthesis of intraarticular tibial pilon fractures is preferably achieved using locking plates via a minimally invasive technique. If combined with severe soft tissue damage there is a high risk of wound-healing deficits after plate osteosynthesis. Thus our aim was to find an alternative method of treatment for those cases with combined soft tissue injuries.We report on five cases with com...

The aim of this study was to compare the time to radiological bony union of simple A-type fractures of the forearm, treated with either a locking compression plate (LCP) or a dynamic compression plate (DCP). For each fracture, the relation between the use of compression and radiological healing time was studied. Nine fractures were treated with LCP and 10 fractures with DC plates. The mean time...

Cuvinte cheie: fractura femur distal, Tija retrograda, LISS, NCB Abstract: Background: The treatment of distal femoral fractures has been associated with a high rate of complications for a long period of time. Although implant and surgical techniques have improved, plate osteosynthesis and intramedullary nailing have been accompanied by a high rate of infection, non-union and malalignment. The ...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Purpose of this anatomic study was to develop a new and safe technique of minimal invasive dorsal plate osteosynthesis for tibia shaft fractures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixteen paired adult lower limbs of eight different cadaveric specimens were examined. Anatomical prebending for each plate was done. Plates were inserted percutaneously, following plate fixation the neurova...

A review of the literature in 2002, analyzing 13 articles with 895 tibial shaft fractures treated by cast immobilization, fixation with plate and screws, and reamed or unreamed intramedullary nailing, concludes that the combined incidence of delayed union and nonunion was lower with operative, surgical treatment especially with plate osteosynthesis, than with closed treatment. This incidence wa...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the efficacy of screw length measurement through drilling technique on the reduction of intraarticular screw penetration and fluoroscopy time in osteosynthesis of proximal humerus fractures. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 2008 and June 2012, 98 patients (34 males, 64 females; mean age 64.4 years; range 35 to 81 years) who underwent osteosynthesi...