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Objective:To introduce a new surgical procedure for harvesting an iliac bone flap with deep iliac circumflex vessels—"retrograde anatomical method", and report the effect of preliminary application with this procedure.Methods:From June 2018 to May 2021, 15 patients who admitted in the Department of Hand and Microsurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University received surgeries of iliac bone flap with deep iliac circumflex artery by "retrograde anatomical method". During the surgery, appropriate cutaneous perforators or muscular branches were found near the medial side of the iliac bone of iliac tubercle. The branches were dissected from surface inwards to the starting point of deep circumflex iliac blood vessel with microsurgery and micro Schlieren forceps. The iliac bone flap was chiselled out, inserted into femoral head, and then anastomosed with the transverse branches of deep circumflex iliac blood vessel and lateral circumflex femoral blood vessel. All patients were included in the postoperative follow-up at the outpatient clinic to evaluate the preliminary effect of this procedure. Harris scores before and after surgery were assessed with paired t test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results:The length of iliac bone flap was at 3.0-5.0(4.0±0.5) cm, and the length of vascular pedicle was at 4.0-7.0(5.3±1.0) cm. The time of iliac bone flap harvest was 35-55(45.0±6.1) minutes. During the operation, the success rate of harvesting iliac bone flap with deep iliac circumflex artery was 100%, and blood had oozed out of bone surface before the pedicle of all iliac bone flaps was cut-off. The volume of intraoperative autologous blood transfusion was 100-400(226.7±78.2) ml. One patient suffered from traction injury of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in the operation. The numbness of anterolateral thigh area occurred on the 1st day after the surgery, and relieved 4 months later. Other 14 patients did not suffer from postoperative numbness in the area of anterolateral thigh. The amount of drainage from donor site for the iliac bone flap was 50-70 ml[(62.7±7.5) ml in average] after surgery. Incisions at the donor sites of iliac bone flap healed in stage I. Postoperative follow-up lasted between 3 months and 3 years. There was no incision hernia and other complication in the donor sites of the iliac bone flap. There was a significant difference in Harris scores between at 9, 12 and 18 months after surgery and that before the surgery, respectively( P<0.05). After 18 months, Harris score were at a better level. Conclusion:The "retrograde anatomical method" can quickly determine the nutrient vessels of an iliac bone flap with deep circumflex iliac vessels. The surgical procedure is relatively simple with safe and reliable anatomy. Donor site damage and postoperative complications are greatly minimised. This surgical technique can be considered to be applied clinically.
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Objective:To explore the effect of locking compressing plates (LCP) internal fixation under arthroscopy combined with Zhuyu Tongluo method in the treatment of distal radius fractures (DRF) and its effects on joint function, hemorheology, serum basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2).Methods:A total of 78 patients with DRF admitted to the Second Hospital of Tangshan City from June 2017 to January 2020 were selected and grouped according to the random number table method, with 39 cases in each group. The control group was treated with LCP internal fixation under arthroscopy, and the study group was treated with Zhuyu Tongluo method on the basis of the control group. The recovery, hemorheology (plasma viscosity, whole blood viscosity high cut, whole blood low cut, hematocrit), serum bFGF, BMP-2 levels, before and after the operation were compared between the two groups. They were followed up for 6 months and the range of motion of the wrist joints before and after the operation and the excellent and good rate of wrist joint function between the two groups were compared.Results:The swelling subsidence time, pain disappearance time, ecchymosis disappearance time, and fracture imaging healing time in the study group were shorter than those in the control group: (10.37 ± 3.13) d vs. (14.62 ± 3.38) d, (12.39 ± 2.97) d vs. (17.14 ± 4.02) d, (19.15 ± 2.35) d vs. (24.36 ± 3.27) d, (68.21 ± 7.12) d vs. (80.07 ± 8.24) d, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The plasma viscosity, whole blood viscosity high-cut, whole blood low-cut, and hematocrit in the study group were lower than those in the control group at 1 and 2 weeks after operation ( P<0.05). The levels of serum bFGF and BMP-2 in the study group were higher than those in the control group at 1 and 2 weeks after operation: at 1 week after operation: (356.27 ± 46.29) μg/L vs.(236.51 ± 37.42) μg/L, (614.28 ± 61.47) μg/L vs. (487.39 ± 48.24) μg/L; at 2 weeks after operation:(502.07 ± 113.21) μg/L vs. (381.59 ± 82.75) μg/L, (910.77 ± 97.20) μg/L vs. (731.35 ± 92.13) μg/L, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The palm flexion, back extension, radial deviation, and ulnar deviation in the study group were better than those in the control group at 6 months after operation ( P<0.05). The excellent and good rate of wrist joint function in the study group was higher than that in the control group at 6 months after operation: 89.5%(34/38) vs. 70.3%(26/37), and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). Conclusions:LCP internal fixation under arthroscopy combined with Zhuyu Tongluo method in the treatment of patients with DRF can increase the expression of serum bFGF and BMP-2, reduce inflammation, improve blood rheology, promote fracture healing, and improve wrist range of motion and wrist function.