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Treatment of infected femoral fractures by unilateral external fixators

Volume 24 · Issue 4 · January 1990 Publish Date: April 21, 2021
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Ugur Engin
Erdal Metin
Engin, U., & Metin, E. (2021). Treatment of infected femoral fractures by unilateral external fixators . Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 24(4), 237–240. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/663
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Abstract

Abstract

As a form salvage operation, treatment of femur fractures, which were previously undergone various interventions and had delay of union or no possibility of union because of an active infection were achieved by means of external fixators. The impressions we collected as a result of these treatments in this study which had few coses were evaluated on the basis of common features.\nThe main purpose concerning both the patient and the orthopaedist is emphasized as the union of the fracture and getting rid of the discharge. Half-pin types of external fixators fixated the fracture ends on the far side of infected region as required tightness. It is discussed briefly concerning Wagner type external fixators. It is also emphasized that irrigation on fracture region atld replacement of cancellous bone graft is important.

Özet

Daha önce çeşitli müdahaleler görmüş ve aktif enfeksiyon nedeniyle kaynaması gecikmiş ya da kaynama ihtimali kalmamış femur kırıklarında bir nevi salvaj ameliyatı özelliğinde olarak eksternal fiksatörlerle tedavisi, bu tedavilerin sonucunda elde ettiğimiz izlenimler, bu az vaka kapsayan çalışmada, ortak özellikleri dikkate alınarak değerlendirilmiştir. Gerek hasta gerekse hekim için esas amacın kırığı kaynatmak, akıntıyı uzaklaştırmak olduğu vurgulanmıştır. Tek taraflı eksternal fiksatörlerin enfekte bölgenin uzağından kırık uçlarını yeterli sağlamlıkla tesbit ettiği ifade edilmiş, Wagner tipi eksternal fiksatörlerden kısaca bahsedilmiştir. Kırık bölgesinde irrigasyonun ve spongioz kemik grefti yerleştirmenin önemi üzerinde durulmuştur.

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Journal Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Volume / Issue Volume 24 · Issue 4 · January 1990
Pages 237-240
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Published Online April 21, 2021
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Ugur Engin
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Erdal Metin
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Engin, U., & Metin, E. (2021). Treatment of infected femoral fractures by unilateral external fixators . Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 24(4), 237–240. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/663
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