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Percutaneous fixation of comminuted fractures of the femur and tibia. Preliminary study
Wieslaw Pospula1, Tarek Abu Al Noor, Farid Ezzat
1Department of Orthopedics, Al Razi Hospital, Kuwait. pospulawieslaw@hotmail.com
Objective:
To present initial experience of treating patients with comminuted fractures of the diaphyseal and metaphyseal areas of the femur and tibia.
Subjects And Methods:
Sixteen patients were involved in the study. All the 16 patients (11 males and 5 females, average age 34 years) with closed, comminuted fractures of femur (n = 9) and tibia (n = 7) were operated on using the principle of minimal access surgery and biological fixation that maximally preserved the soft tissues and fracture hematoma.
Results:
All the fractures united, operated limbs had good function, and no complications occurred.
Conclusion:
Our findings indicate that minimal access surgery is a useful fixation method in the treatment of comminuted diaphyseal and metaphyseal fractures of the femur and tibia.
