Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults

Volume: 32 Number: 4 September 11, 2006
  • Erhan Serin
  • Metin Sarikaya
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Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and to discuss the results of femur fractures treated with plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing. Between July 1991 and February 1997 we operated 75 patients having femur fractures. We applied plate fixation 44 of them (58.7%) and intramedullary Küntscher 31 out of 75 (41.3%) patients. In plate fixation group 34 of patients were (77.3%) male and 10 of were (32.7%) female. In intramedullary Küntscher nailing group, 21 out of 31 patients (67.7%) male and remaing 10 (32.3%) were female. Mean ages were 29 and 33.3 in plate fixation and in intramedullary Küntscher nailing groups, respectively. 93.2% of plate fixation group were closed, 6.8% of were open fractures. On the other hand, these values were 93.5% and 6.5% in the other group, respectively. Middle third was the most common region in plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing groups a ratio of 89.1% and 48.1% , respectively. Fall from height was the main etiology in plate fixation (50%) and vehicular accident (61.3%) in intramedullary Küntscher nailing. Mean operation and mean hospitalization time in plate fixation and intramedullary nailing were 130 min and 72 min (p=0.010), and 23.5 days and 8.5 days (p=0.000), respectively. According to Thorasen classifications, functional and radiological total results were excellent or good in plate fixation as 83.8% and in intramedullary nailing as 93.1% (p=0.0475). As a result, intramedullary Küntscher nailing is superior to plate fixation considering the short operation time, avoidance of blood transfusion, short time of hospitalization and union time, low rate of complications and better postoperative fonctional results.

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Erhan Serin This is me

Metin Sarikaya This is me

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September 11, 2006

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Year 1998 Volume: 32 Number: 4

APA
Serin, E., & Sarikaya, M. (2006). Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 32(4), 307-314. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281
AMA
1.Serin E, Sarikaya M. Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;32(4):307-314. doi:10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281
Chicago
Serin, Erhan, and Metin Sarikaya. 2006. “Comparison of Plate Fixation and Intramedullary Küntscher Nailing in the Treatment of Fractures of Femur Diaphysis in Adults”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 32 (4): 307-14. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281.
EndNote
Serin E, Sarikaya M (September 1, 2006) Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 32 4 307–314.
IEEE
[1]E. Serin and M. Sarikaya, “Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 307–314, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281.
ISNAD
Serin, Erhan - Sarikaya, Metin. “Comparison of Plate Fixation and Intramedullary Küntscher Nailing in the Treatment of Fractures of Femur Diaphysis in Adults”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 32/4 (September 1, 2006): 307-314. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281.
JAMA
1.Serin E, Sarikaya M. Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;32:307–314.
MLA
Serin, Erhan, and Metin Sarikaya. “Comparison of Plate Fixation and Intramedullary Küntscher Nailing in the Treatment of Fractures of Femur Diaphysis in Adults”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 32, no. 4, Sept. 2006, pp. 307-14, doi:10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281.
Vancouver
1.Erhan Serin, Metin Sarikaya. Comparison of plate fixation and intramedullary Küntscher nailing in the treatment of fractures of femur diaphysis in adults. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;32(4):307-14. doi:10.3944/aott.v32i4.2281