Percutaneous fixation of comminuted fractures of the femur and tibia preliminary study

ABSTRACT

To present initial experience of treating patients with comminuted fractures of the diaphyseal and metaphyseal areas of the femur and tibia. Subjects and Sixteen patients were involved in the study. All the16 patients [11 males and 5 females, average age 34 years] with closed, comminuted fractures of femur [n = 9] and tibia [n = 7] were operated on using the principle of minimal access surgery and biological fixation that maximally preserved the soft tissues and fracture hematoma. All the fractures united, operated limbs had good function, and no complications occurred. Our findings indicate that minimal access surgery is a useful fixation method in the treatment of comminuted diaphyseal and metaphyseal fractures of the femur and tibia