COMMINUTED FEMORAL-SHAFT FRACTURES TREATED BY CLOSED INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING AND FUNCTIONAL CAST BRACING

Authors
SHARMA JC GUPTA SP MATHUR NC KALLA R ASERI MK BIYANI A ARORA A
Citation
Jc. Sharma et al., COMMINUTED FEMORAL-SHAFT FRACTURES TREATED BY CLOSED INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING AND FUNCTIONAL CAST BRACING, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 34(6), 1993, pp. 786-791
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
786 - 791
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Eighty-one patients with comminuted femoral shaft fractures were treat ed by closed unlocked Kuntscher nailing and functional cast bracing fo r 1 to 4 weeks postoperatively depending on the degree of comminution. The mean follow-up period was 27.6 months. The average time required for fracture healing was 14 weeks. There was one delayed union. One fr acture united with more than 10 degrees of rotational malalignment; sh ortening of more than 1 cm was present in four cases. Two patients had more than 20 degrees of limitation of hip and knee movement.