ABSTRACT
Background: Trauma may differ from low velocity to high tovery high velocity varying the radiological and clinicalprofile in each case. Implant failure elevates patient’smorbidity, prolongs the healing process and increases themanagement cost. The aim of the present study was topatients associated with implant failure in orthopaedic surgery.Materials and Methods: The subjects presenting to OPD ofDepartment of Orthopedics, Government S K Hospital, Sikar,Rajasthan (India) with the complain of fractures of longbones managed in past, in cases where the primary implantunderwent failure to achieve the concerned outcome andrepeated surgery was needed were enrolled in the study. Thesubjects were categorized into three groups- plate, unlockednail and locked intermedullary nails. The data thus obtainedwas arranged in a tabulated form and analyzed using SPSSsoftware.Results: Out of these there were 30 cases amongst males and20 cases amongst females. The mean age of the subjects was37.22+/-5.3 years. There were 21 cases (42%) of failed plates,17 cases (34%) of unlocked nails and 12 cases (24%) oflocked nails.Conclusion: In this study there were 50 cases of implantfailure. The maximum failure incidence was that seen with theplates due to their superficial location.