Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii (Sep 2011)
ORIGINAL METHOD OF FEMORAL NECK OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITH NON-FREE AUTOPLASTY
Abstract
Applied topographic-anatomical studies were carried out on 12 fixed lower extremities and revealed that in the anterior portion of the middle gluteus muscle 4 cm in width the upper branches of the gluteal vessels are always held supplying the area of the iliac crest. Taking into account the received data the authors proposed a new method of femoral neck osteosynthesis with non-free autoplasty by the autograft from the iliac crest, which is moved at constant muscle-vascular supply pin and fixed with screw in the fracture. Osteosynthesis using the proposed method was performed in 24 patients and provided the union of fractures in all cases in a period of 5 to 8 months. Analysis of long-term results of treatment of 22 patients performed 3 years after the operations showed good function of injured joints and no evidence of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in 18 (83.3%) cases.
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