Treatment of isolated ulnar fractures in adults with a new intramedullary nail
Yazarlar (5)
A. Köse Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
A. Aydin
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
N. Ezirmik Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Murat TOPAL Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
C. E. Can Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | MINERVA ORTOPEDICA E TRAUMATOLOGICA | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0026-4911 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | ESCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 06-2015 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 66 / 3 / 123–131 | DOI | – |
| Özet |
| AIM: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the outcomes of treatment of isolated ulnar fractures in adults with a new intramedullary nail.METHODS: Seventeen patients (one with bilateral ulnar fracture) were included in this study. Fifteen patients (88.2%) were male and 2 (11.8%) female. Mean age of the patients was 38.3 (range: 23 to 58) years. Six patients (33.3%) had fractures in their right ulna, whereas in 12 patients (66.6%) the fracture was on the left side. Mechanism of injury was: fall in 5 cases (29.4%), traffic accident in 7 (41.2%), work-related accident in 2 (11.8%), and assault in 3 (17.6%). Three patients (17.6%) had open fractures. The patients were operated in an average of 17.17 (range: 0 to 48) hours following their presentation. Patients were followed-up for a mean of 20.9 (range 12-29) months. The Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation test were used in the statistical analysis of the data … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Fracture fixation intramedullary | Fractures bone | Ulna |
