Surgical treatment of pediatric forearm fractures with intramedullary nails: is it a disadvantage to leave the tip exposed?
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Recep Dincer Regional Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Ahmet Kose Regional Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Murat TOPAL Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ibrahim A. Ozturk Regional Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Muhammed C. Engin T. C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Bingol Devlet Hastanesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1060-152X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 03-2020 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 29 / 2 / 158–163 | DOI | 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000635 |
| Makale Linki | https://journals.lww.com/jpo-b/fulltext/2020/03000/surgical_treatment_of_pediatric_forearm_fractures.9.aspx | ||
| Özet |
| Elastic intramedullary nailing is the main treatment method in the surgical treatment of pediatric forearm fractures. In this study, we compared the clinical outcomes of intramedullary nailing of forearm fractures with leaving the tips exposed and with placing the tip of the nails under the skin. We aimed to present the clinical outcomes of intramedullary nailing and determine the advantages and disadvantages of leaving the tips of the nails exposed. One hundred and ninety-two children with both-bone forearm fracture who were treated with titanium elastic nailing (TEN) in the Department of Orthopedics at Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital between January 2009 and December 2016 were included in the study. All cases had been followed up for at least 1 year. The tips of the TENs were left exposed in 74 and buried subcutaneously in 118 children. Union was achieved in all cases. Delayed union was … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| buried | elastic intramedullary nail | exposed tips | forearm fractures | pediatric fracture |
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| Web of Science | 8 |
| Scopus | 9 |
| Google Scholar | 14 |