Journal of Musculoskeletal Trauma

Original Articles

A Comparative Study of Reamed and Unreamed Nail for Femoral Shaft Fracture's Treatment: Hee gon Park, Myoung ho Kim, Mun jib Yoo, Woo sup Byun; J Korean Soc Fract 2003;16(2):169-176. Published online April 30, 2003; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.2003.16.2.169

Abstract PDF: PURPOSE
The comparative analysis of clinical difference between the use of reamed nail and unreamed nail in treatment of femoral shaft fracture.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
In 105 patients with femoral shaft fracture who were treated with reamed nail or unreamed nail between June of 1997 and April of 2000, 95 patients who underwent more than a year of follow-up were selected. Winquist-Hansen criteria was applied for the classification of fracture. Based on the medical records and radiological examinations, conducted a retrospective, statistical analysis of the duration of operation, the amount of bleeding during operation, the first time of callus formation, union time, and complications.
RESULTS
The average duration of operation was 107 minutes for reamed nail group, and 94 minutes for unreamed nail group, and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.005). The amount of bleeding during the operation was 400 mL for reamed nail group and 250 mL for unreamed nail group, and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.001). There was no statistical difference in the first time of callus formation and union time between the two groups but, in general union time tend to be long in unreamed nail group.
CONCLUSION
In the treatment of femoral shaft fracture, the use of unreamed nail was shown to have an advantage over the use of reamed nail in terms of the duration of operation and the amount of bleeding. We recommend restrictive cases.

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The Evaluation of Clinical and Radiographic Prognostic Factors for the Surgically Treated Unstable Ankle Fractures: Hong Geun Jung, Hee Kon Park, Moon Jib Yoo, Tai Won Kim; J Korean Soc Fract 2002;15(2):216-225. Published online April 30, 2002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.2002.15.2.216

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to analyze the clinical and radiographic prognostic factors which may affect the postoperative clinical results of the unstable ankle fractures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This study is based on 75 unstable ankle fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation from May 1994 to August 2000, with a minimum follow-up period of 12 months(range : 13 months-7 years 3 months). The 75 patients were average 40.5 years old with male: female ratio of 52:23. Based on Lauge-Hansen classification, the supination-external rotation type was the most common with 42 (56.0%) cases. The clinical results was assessed by American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society(AOFAS) functional scale. The sex, age, side of injury, body weight, trauma-operation interval, operation time, cause of injury as the possible postoperative clinical prognostic factors and fracture type, anatomical reduction of fracture, preoperative medial clear space, postoperative medial clear space, talo-crural angle, talar tilt, tibio-fibular clear space, tibio-fibular overlap space as the possible radiographic prognostic factor were statistically analyzed RESULT: Postoperative AOFAS functional scale was average 81.0 points with 23(30.7%) cases excellent, 17(22.7%) good, 18(24.0%) fair and 17(22.7%) cases poor results. The age, the operation time(p<0.001) and the anatomical reduction of fracture(p<0.005) were found to be statistically significant factors affecting the prognosis. The other clinical and radiographic factors did not significantly affect the clinical results.
CONCLUSION
The surgically treated unstable ankle fractures in patients whose age was above 41 years old or operation time exceeding 90 minutes or unsatisfied anatomical reduction of fractures showed significantly poor clinical results.

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Tae Hyung Kim, Jae Hyung Lee, Seung-Hwan Park
Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association.2021; 56(4): 334. CrossRef

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