PURPOSE To compare retrospectively the antegrade and retrograde nailing in the management of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients (thirty-three injuries) were included in this study. Mean age of patients was 38 years-old in the antegrade nailing group (16 injuries) and 44 years-old in the retrograde nailing group (17 injuries). We compared the union of fractures and complications between two groups, and investigated the influencing factors. RESULTS Femoral shaft fracture was united in 10 cases (63%) of antegrade group and 12 cases (71%) of retrograde group, at 28.2 and 27.3 weeks respectively. Nonunion was more prevalent in Winquist-Hansen III and IV (5 in antegrade nailing, 3 in retrograde nailing) than I and II. Femoral neck fracture was united with 1 case of nonunion in each group. Nonunion developed from Garden stage IV, but fractures of Garden stage I and II united regardless of methods. CONCLUSION In ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures, the kinds of methods did not affect the results of shaft fractures. Minimally displaced neck fractures also were not influenced by kinds of methods, but retrograde nailing may have a benefit in fixing the displaced neck fractures
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PURPOSE To evaluate the prognostic variables that influence the incidence of complication such as avascular necrosis of femoral head, nonunion of neck after the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fracture by the results and long term follow up.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied the 18 cases of 17 patients that could be follow up over 2 years among the patients received the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fracture from 1987 to 1998. The average follow up duration was 54.3 months (24-120) and all patients was men. The average age was 38.2 yrs(20-60). Fifteen cases of femoral neck fracture were treated with multiple pinning and 3 cases with the compression hip screw, 12 cases of femoral shaft fracture were treated with DCP, 5 cases by interlocking IM nailing and 1 case, open fracture, by external fixator. We evaluated the bone union and complication such as avascular necrosis of femoral head and nonunion. RESULTS For femoral neck fracture, resection arthroplasty was performed in 1 case and nonunion in 1 case. Bone union was obtained at average 4 months in 16 cases of femoral neck fracture, at 9 months in all cases of shaft fracture. The avascular necrosis of femoral head in 5 cases included 1 case of nonunion was found at minimal 20 months to maximal 59 months follows up. DISCUSSION All prognostic variables of the ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fracture, that is the Garden stage, Pauwels classification, delayed time to operation. had no statistical correlation with complication. Whenever possible the patients should be followed for a minimum 5 years to rule out avascular necrosis of femoral head.
PURPOSE This retrospective study was performed to know the difficulties and efficient methods of treatment after several types of operations for ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen cases (12 patients) with ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fracture at the mean age of 36.6(range 21-51), have been followed up over the minimum of one year. All the patients suffered from motor vehicle accidents(11 in dash-board injury), and most of patients associated with multiple injuries including other fractures. All of femoral neck fracture were same type in basicervical area and 4 of them were missed initially. According to the classification of femoral shaft fractures, middle 1/3 fracture was most common in 10 cases and type C in 8 cases. In neck fractures, all cases were treated with multiple pinning, but in shaft fractures, 6 were treated by open plating, 5 by closed antegrade nailing, and 2 by retrograde nailing. RESULTS The mean union period was 12.1 weeks in neck fractures and 9.9 months in shaft fractures. In complications, there were 1 case of nonunion and 1 case of avascular necrosis in neck fractures, and 8 of delayed union, 3 of nonunion, and 2 of malunion, in shaft fractures. The methods of treatment had no influence on the results of this injury, but we had 1 failure in antegrade nailing prior to operation of neck fracture. CONCLUSION After operation of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fracture, the shaft fracture needed longer time of union and had many problems in spite of different methods. We suppose that many problems in shaft are affected not only by characteristic mechanism of injury, but also by multiple associated injury.
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Ipsilateral fractures of the femoral neck and shaft are relatively uncommon infuries and usually the result of high-energy trauma in young adults.
Frequently, the severe trauma responsible for this injury combination is also productive of associated injuries indeed life threatening. Several unique features of this injury have been recognized, including the high incidence of associated knee injuries, particulary fractures of the patella.
This is thought to be due to a mechanism of injury in which the femur is longitudinally loaded at the flexed knee while positioned in neutral abduction.
Also, this combination of injuries pose a difficult problem in management.
The authors reviewed 14 cases of ipsilateral fracture of the femoral neck and shaft for the evaluation of the associated injury and method of ueatment from October 1986 to Febraury 1991 and the average follow-up period was 1.8 years.
The results were as follows.
1. The site of the femoral neck and shaft fracture were mainly, basicervical and midshaft.
2. In two cases, the femoral neck fracture was not diagnosed initially.
3. Most of the associated fractures were patella and tibial fractures and PCL ruptures.
4. Complications Included three stiffness of the knee, two delayed union of the femoral shaft, one superficial wound infection and one delayed union with coxa vara deformity of the femoral neck.