Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator

Volume: 31 Number: 2 September 11, 2006
  • Ahmet Kapukaya
  • Yusuf Yildirim
  • Huseyin Arslan
  • Serdar Necmioglu
  • Cumhur Kesemenli
  • Engin Kandiya
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Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator

Abstract

One-hundred nineteen patients with tibial fractures due to gunshot injury were treated with Ilizarov and Girgin external fixators. There were 19 type-I, 52 type-II, 48 type-III open fractures. The mean follow-up time was 15.7 (8.5-44) months. Fractures treated with Ilizarov and Girgin external fixators healed on an average of 5.2 (2.5-28) and 5.96 (3.5-14), respectively. Most of the complications occurred at the fractures treated with Girgin external fixator. There were eleven malunion (9.2%), seven non union (5.8%), eight infection (6.72%), forty-one pin-track infection, fourteen delayed union (17.76%). In cases with open tibial fractures due to gunshot injury, external fixator are advantages in view of infection, when compared with other stabilizer materials, particularly with intramedullary nailing. However, it is also disadvantages fixation material for complication such as pin-track infection and malunion.

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Ahmet Kapukaya This is me

Yusuf Yildirim This is me

Huseyin Arslan This is me

Serdar Necmioglu This is me

Cumhur Kesemenli This is me

Engin Kandiya This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1997 Volume: 31 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112

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https://izlik.org/JA72XD44GX

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APA
Kapukaya, A., Yildirim, Y., Arslan, H., Necmioglu, S., Kesemenli, C., & Kandiya, E. (2006). Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 31(2), 114-120. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112
AMA
1.Kapukaya A, Yildirim Y, Arslan H, Necmioglu S, Kesemenli C, Kandiya E. Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;31(2):114-120. doi:10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112
Chicago
Kapukaya, Ahmet, Yusuf Yildirim, Huseyin Arslan, Serdar Necmioglu, Cumhur Kesemenli, and Engin Kandiya. 2006. “Treatment of Tibial Fractures Due to Gunshot Injury With External Fixator”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 31 (2): 114-20. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112.
EndNote
Kapukaya A, Yildirim Y, Arslan H, Necmioglu S, Kesemenli C, Kandiya E (September 1, 2006) Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 31 2 114–120.
IEEE
[1]A. Kapukaya, Y. Yildirim, H. Arslan, S. Necmioglu, C. Kesemenli, and E. Kandiya, “Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 114–120, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112.
ISNAD
Kapukaya, Ahmet - Yildirim, Yusuf - Arslan, Huseyin - Necmioglu, Serdar - Kesemenli, Cumhur - Kandiya, Engin. “Treatment of Tibial Fractures Due to Gunshot Injury With External Fixator”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 31/2 (September 1, 2006): 114-120. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112.
JAMA
1.Kapukaya A, Yildirim Y, Arslan H, Necmioglu S, Kesemenli C, Kandiya E. Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;31:114–120.
MLA
Kapukaya, Ahmet, et al. “Treatment of Tibial Fractures Due to Gunshot Injury With External Fixator”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 31, no. 2, Sept. 2006, pp. 114-20, doi:10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112.
Vancouver
1.Ahmet Kapukaya, Yusuf Yildirim, Huseyin Arslan, Serdar Necmioglu, Cumhur Kesemenli, Engin Kandiya. Treatment of tibial fractures due to gunshot injury with external fixator. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;31(2):114-20. doi:10.3944/aott.v31i2.2112