Staged Management of High Energy Proximal Tibia Fractures with Severe Soft Tissue Damage
Journal of the Korean Fracture Society
;
: 152-158, 2009.
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en Coreano
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| ID: wpr-125807
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To find out the efficiency of two staged operation of patients with high energy proximal tibia fracture with severe soft tissue damage, the first step being external fixation, and the second, internal fixation with plates. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The study group was the 42 patients who had followed for one year out of a group of 56, performed the first step external fixation and the second step internal fixation with plates retrospectively, from March 2003 to March 2007. The average age of the study group was 51.4, 26 men, and 16 women participating in this study. The average time of follow up was 32 months. In the final follow up, investigations of the radiological assessments and functional abilities of the bony fusion were carried out along with the complications of the soft tissue.RESULTS:
The duration after the first step external fixation until second step internal fixation to be performed was 14.9 (6~40) days in average. The final bone fusion took about 15 weeks, and according to the final follow up, the range of motion of the knee was around 110.8 degrees (6.2~117 degrees). In 31 cases, only the internal fixation was performed, while in 11 cases, soft tissue reconstruction was carried out with the internal fixations. As for the complications there were 2 cases of deep soft tissue infection, 2 cases of nonunion, 1 case of malunion and 1 case of knee joint stiffness.CONCLUSION:
In cases of proximal tibia fracture with severe soft tissue damage, external fixation was important to secure the safety of the fracture, carry forward the anatomical alignment, plan the soft tissue safety and manage the wound to decrease the number of microbial in the next operation, which is the internal fixation with plates.
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Asunto principal:
Tibia
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Estudios Retrospectivos
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Fijadores Externos
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Rango del Movimiento Articular
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Traumatismos de los Tejidos Blandos
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Infecciones de los Tejidos Blandos
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Cementos de Resina
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Rodilla
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Articulación de la Rodilla
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Fracture Society
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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