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Overlapping intramedullary nailing after failed minimally invasive locked plating for osteoporotic distal femur fractures--Report of 2 cases
- Source :
- Injury. 46(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) using a locking plate has been widely used for distal femur fractures in the elderly with osteoporosis and yielded favourable results. However, implant failure and subsequent periplate fracture have still occurred owing to the controversy of concepts regarding locked plating. The treatment after failed MIPO in elderly patients is very challenging and has been not yet addressed definitely in the literature, although several options can be considered. We report the successful outcomes of two cases treated with overlapping intramedullary (IM) nailing for implant failure and periplate fracture after MIPO for osteoporotic distal femur fracture, along with simple tips of distal interlocking of IM nail.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Osteoporosis
Locked plating
Bone Nails
law.invention
Locking plate
Intramedullary rod
Distal femur
law
Medicine
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Range of Motion, Articular
General Environmental Science
Aged
Fracture Healing
business.industry
Implant failure
medicine.disease
Surgery
Biomechanical Phenomena
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
Radiography
Plate osteosynthesis
Treatment Outcome
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Distal femur fracture
Female
business
Bone Plates
Femoral Fractures
Osteoporotic Fractures
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18790267
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Injury
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f06f44b5c4900ac8582cdc0e30e6301d