1. Classification to guide internal fixation for tibial fracture
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Zhi-jun Qiao, Wen-xi Zhang, Zhi-liang Zheng, and Yue-ping Ji
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Pilon fracture ,Fracture Fixation, Internal ,Fracture fixation ,medicine ,Tibial plateau fracture ,Internal fixation ,Humans ,Displacement (orthopedic surgery) ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Tibial fracture ,Child ,Aged ,Orthodontics ,Aged, 80 and over ,Chi-Square Distribution ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Classification ,Surgery ,Biomechanical Phenomena ,Radiography ,Tibial Fractures ,Child, Preschool ,Fracture (geology) ,Classification methods ,Female ,business - Abstract
OBJECTIVE To explore a classification method which can provide the clinical guidance for internal fixation of tibial fracture. METHODS The different fractures were fixed according to their mechanical classification. Totally, 71 cases of tibial plateau fracture, tibial proximal fracture, tibial distal fracture and Pilon fracture were analyzed to test this selective principle. RESULTS All 71 patients were followed up for 6-32 months. The displacement was seldomly observed in cases treated acccording to the classification principle, while some cases against the principle had postoperative displacement. The difference was statistically significant (P less than 0.05). It was proved that there was remarkable correlation between tibial fracture classification, internal fixator and fixation methods. CONCLUSION Types IIIa3, IIIb1 and IIIb2 fractures without eccentric moment should be fixed with double plates or angle-stable materials combined with locking structure, otherwise displacement may occur.
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- 2008
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