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Cost Comparison of Kirschner Wire Versus Intramedullary Screw Fixation of Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fractures

open access: yesHAND, 2021
Background Intramedullary screw fixation is a relatively new technique for fixation of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures. The objective of this study was to compare health care–associated costs and outcomes for intramedullary screw versus Kirschner ...
C. F. Brewer   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Concomitant bent and broken intramedullary nail in the femoral fracture: A case report and review of literature

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Reports, 2022
Background: Bent or broken intramedullary nail in femoral fracture fixation is a rare complication but challenging. The purpose of this paper is to present the combination of these rare situation and review the literature to manage this challenging ...
Pongsakorn Rungchamrussopa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

One quick and simple fixation method: posterior malleolus fractures in spiral tibial fractures

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Objective Spiral fracture of tibia combined with posterior malleolar fracture (PMF) is a special and regular injury. There is no uniform fixation method for PMF in this kind of injury.
Hongfei Qi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

LOCKING INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL VERSUS PLATE AND SCREWS FOR FIXATION IN TIBIAL DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURE [PDF]

open access: yesBasrah Journal of Surgery, 2016
Diaphyseal tibial fracture is the most common fractured long bone because of it is subcutaneous position anteromedially and thinner diaphysis distally.
Ali A Alwan Al-Tamimi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intramedullary Nailing of Periarticular Fractures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Plate fixation has historically been the preferred surgical treatment method for periarticular fractures of the lower extremity. This trend has stemmed from difficulties with fracture reduction and concerns of inadequate fixation with intramedullary ...
Gaski, Greg   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Single stage bilateral flexible intramedullary fixation of periprosthetic distal femur fractures

open access: yesArthroplasty Today, 2019
We present a patient with bilateral Rorabeck II/Su III periprosthetic distal femur fractures treated successfully with bilateral single stage flexible intramedullary fixation.
David C. Neal, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blocking screw augmentation in intramedullary nailing for displaced surgical neck fractures of the proximal humerus

open access: yesJSES Reviews, Reports, and Techniques, 2022
A displaced surgical neck fracture can be a good indication for antegrade intramedullary nailing. However, nail insertion may result in malreduction and translational displacement of the humeral head fragment because of muscle traction and size ...
Noboru Matsumura, MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intramedullary compression screw fixation of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures

open access: yesEFORT Open Reviews, 2020
The intramedullary headless compression screw (IMCS) technique represents a reliable alternative to percutaneous Kirschner-wire and plate fixation with minimal complications.
M. Guidi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New simple unicortex locking intramedullary fixation of forearm shaft fracture: A Case report

open access: yesJournal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2019
We have used nonlocking nails in patients with small intramedullary canals for the fixation of segmental fractures of the radius and ulna. We report a patient with the Monteggia fracture dislocation (the ulnar shaft segmental fracture) treated by new ...
Hyon-Chol Kim, Hak-Su Kim
doaj   +1 more source

The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Aim: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at both damage control orthopaedics and for case variety of war trauma at a
Borg, Joseph N.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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