HEALING OF 56 SEGMENTAL FEMORAL-SHAFT FRACTURES AFTER LOCKED NAILING - POOR RESULTS OF DYNAMIZATION

Authors
WU CC CHEN WJ
Citation
Cc. Wu et Wj. Chen, HEALING OF 56 SEGMENTAL FEMORAL-SHAFT FRACTURES AFTER LOCKED NAILING - POOR RESULTS OF DYNAMIZATION, Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 68(6), 1997, pp. 537-540
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016470
Volume
68
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
537 - 540
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6470(1997)68:6<537:HO5SFF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We treated 56 consecutive acute segmental femoral shaft fractures with closed static locked nailing, 12 nails were dynamized after 6 (5-10) months due to slow fracture healing and 5 united after another 5 (3-8) months. The other 7 required cancellous bone grafting and all healed uneventfully 6 (5-8) months after grafting. Since dynamization did not promote healing in most of our cases we suggest early cancellous bone grafting in cases of delayed union.