[PDF] Top 20 Treatment of distal tibial fractures with the Ilizarov external fixator a prospective observational study in 39 consecutive patients

... 41 patients with pla- fond fractures treated with internal ...intra-articular distal tibia frac- tures in 25 patients treated with articulated external fix- ation and limited internal ... See full document

... the patients were allowed full, unrestricted weight- bearing from the first post-operative day and were dis- charged directly to their homes when they managed to walk using crutches and independently climb ...Two ... See full document

... sixteen patients who had been managed with external fixation combined with limited internal fixation; there were no infections or clinically important complications related to the ...twenty-one ... See full document

... that external fixation should be limited to bicondylar tibial fractures with a compro- mised soft-tissue envelope, as a temporary stabilizing technique, prior to definite treatment ...of ... See full document

... The patients were positioned supine on a radiolucent ...the patients had infected tibia nonunion, the Ilizarov external fixator was fixed to the tibia shaft as the way that ... See full document

... Open fractures were managed by debridement, irrigation and ...The patients were operated under spinal anaesthesia in supine ...in tibial condyles in mid portion of each fragments and perpendicular to ... See full document

... the external environment through a traumatic defect in the surrounding soft tissue and overlying ...these fractures relatively common, but they are often difficult to ...open fractures compared with ... See full document

... Pilon fractures include a wide range of ...xation. External fi xators are generally used for temporizing measures but can be utilized as de fi nitive fi xation when ...arthritic fractures in ... See full document

... intra-articular fractures of the distal tibia is challenging due to the difficulties they present in achiev- ing anatomical reduction of the articular surface of the ankle joint and the instability that may ... See full document

... plateau fractures present a wide spectrum of injuries with a range of fracture patterns involving varying degrees of joint surface depression and displacement ...High-energy tibial plateau fractures ... See full document

... articular distal radius fracture. On day one distal radius fracture was treated with CMR and AE ...slab. Tibial fracture was debrided. Ilizarov fixator was applied after 7 ... See full document

... IIIA fractures, as long as thorough debridement and adequate soft tissue coverage were ...intra-articular tibial fractures [25–27]. Along with external fixation, limited internal fix- ation ... See full document

... The interosseous membrane is made up of fibrous tissue, which connects and bridges the gap between tibia and fibula(shown in fig.3), except in proximal portion where there is space for passage of anterior tibial ... See full document

... eligible patients from the hospital database ...analysis. Patients were excluded if they had an insuf- ficient amount of follow-up clinical or radiographical data (141), a tibial fracture not fixed ... See full document

... the study who have been previously determined and confirmed to be fa- miliar with the two surgical techniques used in the ...the treatment tech- nique that is to be employed will be ... See full document

... k-wire stabilization, the external fixator is applied. Two pins are placed into the index finger metacarpal through a dorsal–radial incision. The apparatus is measured out to length and an incision is ... See full document

... type fractures 5,9 ...the fractures were undisplaced stable fractures or it was fractured at different ...fibula fractures healed within 3 months without any gross complications 41,42,43 ... See full document

... Though Ilizarov system is known to most of the orthopaedic surgeons of Bangladesh as an expensive apparatus but actual experience of this study is ...uniplanar external fixator (2000 taka) it ... See full document

... Hybrid External Fixator combines the advantages of the monolateral pin fix- ators and the circular Ilizarov wire ...hybrid external fixation. Materials & Methodology: 48 patients ... See full document

... our study, routine evaluation of the DRUJ and transfixing wire was per- formed for the cases that required attention in both ...minuted distal radial ...of treatment for intra-articular ... See full document