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Treatment of Complex Femoral Fractures with the Long Intramedullary Gamma Nail Cover

Treatment of Complex Femoral Fractures with the Long Intramedullary Gamma Nail

EABR. Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research
Volume 20 (2019): Issue 4 (December 2019)
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Figures & Tables

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population

Classification of fractureNumber (percentage)
Type I30 (62.5%)
Type II12 (25%)
Type III6 (12.5%)
Figure 1

Gender distribution of the study population

Table 2

Functional outcome of the operative procedure

Harris Hip Score (HHS)Excellent and very good41 (85.4%)
Good4 (8.3%)
Poor3 (6.3%)
The presence of complicationsWithout complications41 (85.42%)
Infection1 (2.08%)
Non-union2 (4.17%)
Mal-union2 (4.17%)
Lag screw cut-out2 (4.17%)
Broken nail1 (2.08%)
Table 3

Connection between the type of fracture and frequency of complications

Classification of fractureNumber of patients
Type I2 (6.67%)
Type II2 (16.67%)
Type III3 (50%)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0038 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 (formerly 2335-075X, 2956-0454) | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454 (formerly 1820-8665)
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Language: English
Page range: 337 - 341
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2017
Accepted on: Sep 7, 2017
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
long intramedullary Gamma nail,
complex femoral fractures,
Harris Hip Score
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2019 Aleksandar Juskovic, Goran Pesic, Miroslav Kezunovic, Jovana Jeremic, Nikola Bulatovic, Zarko Dasic, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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