The outcome of closed interlocked nailing for treatment of comminuted femoral shaft fracture
| dc.contributor.author | Hj. Din, Mohamad Yazid | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-18T01:22:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-18T01:22:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Fractures of femoral shaft is quite common injury especially those involving the road traffic accident. The severity of comminution ranges from simple to highly communi ted fracture. For the younger age group, it had always been due to road traffic accident. For the older age group, the usual cause is minor injury such as fall. Static reamed interlocked nailing is a standard treatment in the management of femoral shaft fracture, especially the comminuted one. The used of static nailing was thought to lead to increasing risk of nonunion. Unreamed nailing is another choice in treating comminuted femoral shaft fracture. A retrospective analysis of comminuted femoral shaft fractures treated with locked reamed interlocking nail was carried out to identify the outcomes of this procedure. For the period of two years, from January 1996 till December 1997, 92 patients with 93 comminuted femoral shaft fractures were available for analysis. Male were 77 and female were 16. The age of patients ranges from 16 to 73 years old. The result of the fixation were analysed with respect to union, malunion, length and size of the nail used, surgical complication and implant failures. This study concludes that this procedure is a good choice for the treatment of comminuted fractures of the femoral shaft. It also shows that the size of the nail needed in the treatments of this fractures is smaller in size compared to the one used in western populations. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4382 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Shaft fracture | en_US |
| dc.title | The outcome of closed interlocked nailing for treatment of comminuted femoral shaft fracture | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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