clinical outcome of ream versus unream intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft fractures
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conclusions we advocate that unream nailing in traumatic femoral shaft fractures is a simple, safe and effective procedure with significant advantages, especially in multitrauma patients. patients and methods between january 2008 and august 2009, 50 patients with femoral shaft fractures were treated with unreamed or reamed femoral nails in our clinic. from this prospective single centre study, 16 patients were excluded due to insufficient follow-up data. according to the ao classification, fractures in this study were either type a or b. dynamic proximal locking was performed in all cases. the remaining 34 patients were divided into two groups of 17 with ream or unream nailing. during and after the operation, we evaluated some variables in whole series. results after statistical analyzes, we found that there were no differences in radiologic :union: time (p = 1) or full weight bearing time (p = 0.73) between ream and unream nailing. nail breakage or iatrogenic fractures during nail insertion did not occur and we did not have any fat emboli in both groups but one secondary loss of reduction occurred in the unream group. superficial infection after the operation was seen in one case which was treated successfully with antibiotics. in the ream group surgical time was about thirty minutes longer and differences were significant (p = 0.000). patients had to pay more for ream nailing but the difference was not significant. we found no statistical difference between :union: time with or without reaming; on the other hand, there was significant increased operation length, blood loss and systemic changes in bp or so2 in the ream group versus the unream group. objectives the primary objective of this study was to determine clinical results following unreamed versus ream intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures. background stabilization of fractures with an intramedullary nail is a widespread technique in the treatment of femoral shaft fractures in adults; however, to ream or not to ream is still being debated.
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Clinical Outcome of Ream Versus Unream Intramedullary Nailing for Femoral Shaft Fractures
BACKGROUND Stabilization of fractures with an intramedullary nail is a widespread technique in the treatment of femoral shaft fractures in adults; however, to ream or not to ream is still being debated. OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this study was to determine clinical results following unreamed versus ream intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between Janu...
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iranian red crescent medical journalجلد ۱۵، شماره ۵، صفحات ۴۳۲-۴۳۵
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