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Internal fixation with K-wires for the clavicular shaft fractures in young women
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Do Young Kim, Yong Wook Park, Gun Il Im, Chang Kyun Lim, Sang Soo Lee, Hyun Chul Park
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J Korean Soc Fract 2002;15(4):545-550. Published online October 31, 2002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.2002.15.4.545
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To know the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure by analyzing the results of internal fixation with K-wires for clavicular shaft fractures in young women.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Twelve patients were followed for more than 1 year after the operation. All patients were female and average age was 28 years with average follow-up of 14 months. All cases were displaced fractures of the middle third with tenting of the skin and 2 cases were type 1 open fractures. After the operation, we investigated time to union, changes of K-wire, scar and disadvantages periodically.
RESULTS
There was no nonunion and time to union averaged 11.8 weeks. Migration and bending of the K-wires occured in one case. The length of surgical scar was about 4cm and the K-wires were easily removed under local anesthesia. But all patients complained of frequent radiographic evaluation, relatively long period of immobilization and irritation of the K-wires on medial part of the clavicle.
CONCLUSION
We think that internal fixation with the K-wires is one of the effective treatment options for the clavicular shaft fractures in young women.
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Breakage of Interlocking Screw after Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fracture
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Gun Il Im, Cheol Won Hyun, Joo Ho Shin, Do Young Kim, Won Ho Cho
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J Korean Soc Fract 2000;13(3):463-469. Published online July 31, 2000
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.2000.13.3.463
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We analysed risk factors for failure of interlocking screws after femoral intramedullary nailing, and introduce tips for removing broken screw.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Seventy-two closed femoral shaft fractures were treated with interlocking nail. We compared 7 patients in whom interlocking screw breakage occurred (Group I) with 65 patients without breakage of interlocking screw (Group II). Analytic parameters were age, weight, level of fracture, degree of comminution, nail diameter. We used Mann-Whitney U test & Chi-sqare test for statistical analysis.
RESULT
Upper one of distal interlocking screws was broken in 6 patients, both of distal screws were broken in one patient. All of the patients with broken screws had associated delayed union. The mean age of patients were 20 years in group I, 31 years in group II. The mean weight were 69.6 Kg in group I, 62.02kg in group II. Three patients had fractures in proximal half and four patients had fractures in distal half in group I. In group II, there were 25 proximal fractures and 40 distal fractures. There were 2 type I, 2 type II, 1 type III, 2 type IV fractures in group I, and 16 type I, 31 type II, 17 type III, 1 type IV fractures according to Winquist and Hansen classification. Nail diameters were 10mm in 4 patients, 11mm in 2 patients, 12mm in 1 patient for group I and 10mm in 8 patients, 11mm in 13 patients, 12mm in 25 patients, 13mm in 13 patients, and 14mm in 6 patients for group II. Age, weight, degree of comminution, nail diameter had statistically significant relation to the breakage of interlocking screw(p<0.05), but the level of fracture didn't(p>0.05). Broken screws were easily removed by advancing screw to medial compartment with S-pin and making short medial incision.
CONCLUSION
It is suggested from our study that combination of parameters may have contributed to the failure of interlocking screw ; narrower diameter nail for comminuted fracture in young, active patients with more body weight. Inserting two screws have advantage over one screw.
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Comparative Analysis of Interlocking Nail and Anatomical Plate in the Treatment of Distal Tibial Fracture
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Gun Il Im, Do Young Kim, Joo Ho Shin, Kang Seob Youn, Won Ho Cho
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J Korean Soc Fract 1999;12(3):632-637. Published online July 31, 1999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1999.12.3.632
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- We studied 39 patients with distal tibial shaft fracture. Seventeen fractures(10 closed fractures and 7 open fractures: 5 type-I and 2 type II fractures, according to the classification of Gustilo et al.) were treated with interlocking nail, and 22 fractures(19 closed and 3 open fractures: 1 type I and 2 type II fractures) were treated with anatomical plate.
The clinical results were analyzed according to treatment modality. All of the patients were followed up for more than 1 year. The average time to union was 18.1 weeks in the patients treated with interlocking nail and 23.7 weeks in the patients treated with anatomical plate. In the functional outcome(according to Klemm and Borner), twelve patients(70.6%) treated with interlocking nail showed excellent results and 10 patients(45.5%) treated with anatomical plate had excellent results.
We concluded that more satisfactory results could be obtained with interlocking nail compared with anatomical plate in the treatment of the distal tibial fracture.
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Citations
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Journal of the Korean Fracture Society.2018; 31(3): 94. CrossRef - Comparative Analysis of Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis Using Periarticular Plate and Intramedullary Nailing in Distal Tibial Metaphyseal Fractures
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Journal of the Korean Fracture Society.2012; 25(1): 20. CrossRef - Comparative Study Using of Treatment with Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis Using Periarticular Plate and Interlocking Intramedullary Nailing in Distal Tibia Fractures
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