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Expandable Self-locking Intramedullary Nailing for Non-union of Femoral Shaft:12 Cases Report
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Abstract
Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of expandable intramedullary nailing in treating femoral shaft non-union.Methods Twelve patients suffering from hypertrophic or atrophic femoral shaft fracture non-union were enrolled in the study.Patients were treated with removal of pre-existing hardware,decortication of non-union fragments,reduction and fixation with expandable intramedullary nailing(FixionTM,Disc-O-Tech Israel).Results The fourteen months follow-up showed 91.7%(11/12)of patients attaining bony union.The average time to union was 22.1 weeks.No infection,neurovascular injury,fat embolism,break of internal fixation,rotational malalignment or obvious shortening were observed.Conclusion The expandable intramedullary nailing is an alternative treatment of hypertrophic or atrophic femoral shaft fracture non-union with its excellent clinical efficacy and low complication incidence.
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