DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES OF ULNA AND RADIUS WITH SOFT TISSUE BREACH- OUR EXPERIENCE WITH SQUARE NAIL FIXATION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 40
Abstract
BACKGROUND Fractures involving radius and ulna comprise a major part of commonly occurring fractures. They are commonly seen across all age groups. A nail which is having square like cut section can be held in a circular medullary canal with inherent stability offered by its design. Our study is to know how far square nail fixation for forearm fractures can give optimal results in different fracture patterns in soft tissue breaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our study is done to know the efficacy of the square nails in fixation of the fractures in the forearm. We have included 86 cases of fractures of radius and ulna in 68 patients. All these cases have sustained fractures along with soft tissue injuries in the plane of the surgery, in the volar and dorsal aspects of the forearm. RESULTS The average time taken by the fractures to show soft callus is 7 weeks from which time assisted movements are initiated. The segmental and comminuted fractures took more than average time to show callus, which is seen on an average at 9 weeks. CONCLUSION The square nails are useful for fracture fixation in fractures of forearm. The square nail insertion requires no or less soft tissue dissection. The cases in our study are showing callus formation in average time for the given fracture and pattern avoiding overriding, rotational deformities.
Authors and Affiliations
Anil Babu P, Narayana Rao V. V
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP213303
- DOI 10.14260/Jemds/2017/690
- Views 53
- Downloads 0
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL EFFECT OF CUFFED VS UNCUFFED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE IN NEONATES UNDERGOING SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
BACKGROUND The use of cuffed Endotracheal Tube (ET tube) in neonates is not much popular, because of the fear of airway complications. But this traditional thinking is now changing with cuffed tube becoming more acceptab...
RARE CASE REPORT: WERNER’S SYNDROME - PREMATURE AGING SYNDROME SEEN IN TWO SISTERS
Werner’s syndrome is a premature aging syndrome with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. It is a rare case, hence early identification of disease and genetic counseling is important. AIM: To describe the c...
CLINICAL OUTCOME OF LAPAROSCOPIC SUBTOTAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED CHOLECYSTITIS
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has replaced open cholecystectomy as the surgical procedure of choice for symptomatic gallstones. The presence of risk factors such as difficult Calot’s triangle, various liver pathologies li...
ANTICARIOGENIC POTENTIAL OF CAMELLIA SINENSIS ON STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS- AN IN VITRO STUDY
BACKGROUND Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases of modern times. Chemical substances used for prevention of dental caries are known to have many side effects. Thus, natural products should be explored...
OVERVIEW OF MISMATCH REPAIR PATHWAY
BACKGROUND DNA mismatch repair (MMR) has an exclusive chapter in maintaining DNA replication fidelity, mutation avoidance and genome stability. At mechanistic level MMR is quite complex in eukaryotes than prokaryotes. In...