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Objective:To compare the effect of reduction and internal fixation of composite acetabular fracture with the modified two-window iliofemoral approach and ilioinguinal approach.Methods:A retrospective cohort study was used to analyze the clinical data of 160 patients with composite acetabular fracture admitted to First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2016 to August 2021, including 117 males and 43 females, aged 15-78 years [(44.1±16.0)years]. According to the Letournel classification system, there were 101 patients with both-column fracture, 5 with anterior wall/column combined with posterior semi-transverse fracture and 24 with T-shaped fracture. A total of 80 patients were treated using the modified iliofemoral incision combined with limited Pfannstiel incision (modified two-window iliofemoral approach group) and the other 80 patients were treated using the ilioinguinal approach (ilioinguinal approach group). The fracture healing was observed. The operation time and intraoperative bleeding volume were compared between the two groups. The quality of fracture reduction was evaluated by Matta scoring standard at 1 day and 6 months after operation. The modified Merle d′Aubigne & Postel scoring standard was used to evaluate the function of the affected hip joint at the last follow-up. The incidence of complications such as neurovascular injury, iatrogenic bladder injury, heterotopic ossification and femoral head necrosis were compared between the two groups.Results:All patients were followed up for 12-78 months [(43.3±17.9)months], with bony union of the fracture. The operation time and intraoperative bleeding volume in modified two-window iliofemoral approach group were 150.0 (123.8, 180.0)minutes and 600.0 (500.0, 787.5)ml when compared to 190.0 (150.0, 240.0)minutes and 700.0 (562.5, 887.5)ml in ilioinguinal approach group (all P<0.01). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the quality of fracture reduction at 1 day and 6 months after operation, function of hip joint at the last follow-up and incidence of complications (all P>0.05). Conclusions:For reduction and internal fixation of composite acetabular fracture, the modified two-window iliofemoral approach has advantages over the ilioinguinal approach in reducing operation time and intraoperative bleeding, although both methods yield similar results in fracture reduction quality, postoperative hip function and complication rate.
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Objective:To investigate the injury characteristics, treatment strategy and prognosis of acetabular fracture combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fracture.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted of the 15 patients with acetabular fracture combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fracture who had been treated from January 2009 to June 2021 at Department of Orthopaedics, The First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University. They were 10 males and 5 females, aged from 26 to 68 years (average, 47.1 years). The treatment strategy depended on their injury characteristics. For the 3 patients with incomplete displacement of the femoral neck fracture but no hip dislocation, the femoral neck fracture was treated by closed reduction and internal fixation; for the 7 patients with complete displacement of the femoral neck fracture but no hip dislocation, the femoral neck fracture was treated first by closed reduction and then by open reduction and internal fixation in case the closed reduction had failed; for the 5 patients complicated with hip dislocation (anterior one in 2 cases and posterior one in 3 cases), the femoral neck fracture was treated by open reduction and internal fixation. The acetabular fractures were treated via an appropriate surgical approach depending on their classifications. The operation time, intraoperative bleeding, fracture healing, functional recovery and complications such as postoperative avascular necrosis of the femoral head (NFH) were recorded.Results:In this cohort, the operation time ranged from 170 to 540 min, averaging 210 min, and the amount of intraoperative bleeding from 300 to 7,900 mL, averaging 800 mL. Postoperative X-ray films showed that all acetabular fractures and femoral neck fractures achieved anatomical reduction or satisfactory reduction. All patients were followed up for 1 to 13 years (average, 4 years). One patient had to receive total hip arthroplasty due to nonunion one year after operation, and the fractures in the other 14 patients healed by the first intention. At the last follow-up by the Merle d'Aubigné & Postel scoring, the function of the hip affected was excellent in 3 cases, good in 6 and poor in 6. NFH occurred in 4 cases, of which one had no hip dislocation and 3 had hip dislocation. Ectopic ossification developed in one patient after operation.Conclusions:The incidence of NFH is high in the patients with acetabular fracture combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fracture, especially higher in those complicated with hip dislocation. Treatment strategies should vary according to the injury characteristics. Attention should be paid to protection of the blood supply to the femoral head which significantly improves the prognosis.