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Ankara Numune Education & Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Comminuted femur fractures treated with biological fixation demonstrate good results
October 13th, 2006
Indirect reduction and biological internal fixation yield acceptable results in comminuted subtrochanteric fractures. According to recent research from Turkey, "Surgical treatment of comminuted subtrochanteric fractures may be associated with high incidences of nonunion and implant failure. Biological fixation may solve this problem by encouraging rapid callus formation which buttresses the medial cortex." L. Celebi and colleagues, Ankara Numune Education & Research Hospital, wrote, "In all, 33 patients with comminuted subtrochanteric femur fractures underwent indirect reduction and biological internal fixation. The mean age of the group was 39.12...
Source: Medicine & Law Weekly (2006-10-13)
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