The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures

Volume: 31 Number: 2 September 11, 2006
  • Adnan Sevencan
  • Erol Gokturk
  • Abdullah Eren
  • Akin Turgut
  • Sinan Seber
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The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures

Abstract

The results of treatment and complications of 58 fractures of 57 cases that external fixators (EF) were used for tibial shaft fractures between October 1986 January 1995 were evaluated retrospectively. Mean age of the cases was 29.5 (3.5 -83) years, 84.3 % were male and 15.7 % were female patients. The most common cause of fracture was traffic accident. 54 (93.1 %) of the fractures were open. EF was performed in the first 24 hour to 33 cases, and the remaining 24 case in 2-30 days. The cases were followed-up for approximately 13 months and early amputation was applied to 3 patients. For 55 fractures of 54 patients, the duration of external fixation was 130 (55-240) days and healing period was 168.2 (80-275) days. Of 55 fractures, 9 (16.3 %) non-unions, 3 (5.4 %) wound infections and 5 (9 %) pin-tract infections were observed. Also, Sudeck's atrophy was present in 5.4 %, drop foot in 10.9 %.

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Adnan Sevencan This is me

Erol Gokturk This is me

Abdullah Eren This is me

Akin Turgut This is me

Sinan Seber 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.v31i2.2113

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https://izlik.org/JA93KY38WH

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APA
Sevencan, A., Gokturk, E., Eren, A., Turgut, A., & Seber, S. (2006). The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 31(2), 121-123. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113
AMA
1.Sevencan A, Gokturk E, Eren A, Turgut A, Seber S. The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;31(2):121-123. doi:10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113
Chicago
Sevencan, Adnan, Erol Gokturk, Abdullah Eren, Akin Turgut, and Sinan Seber. 2006. “The Use of External Fixators in the Management of Tibial Shaft Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 31 (2): 121-23. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113.
EndNote
Sevencan A, Gokturk E, Eren A, Turgut A, Seber S (September 1, 2006) The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 31 2 121–123.
IEEE
[1]A. Sevencan, E. Gokturk, A. Eren, A. Turgut, and S. Seber, “The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 121–123, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113.
ISNAD
Sevencan, Adnan - Gokturk, Erol - Eren, Abdullah - Turgut, Akin - Seber, Sinan. “The Use of External Fixators in the Management of Tibial Shaft Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 31/2 (September 1, 2006): 121-123. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113.
JAMA
1.Sevencan A, Gokturk E, Eren A, Turgut A, Seber S. The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;31:121–123.
MLA
Sevencan, Adnan, et al. “The Use of External Fixators in the Management of Tibial Shaft Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 31, no. 2, Sept. 2006, pp. 121-3, doi:10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113.
Vancouver
1.Adnan Sevencan, Erol Gokturk, Abdullah Eren, Akin Turgut, Sinan Seber. The use of external fixators in the management of tibial shaft fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;31(2):121-3. doi:10.3944/aott.v31i2.2113