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19794179

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
Ten patients, who were unsuitable for limb lengthening over an intramedullary nail, underwent lengthening with a submuscular locking plate. Their mean age at operation was 18.5 years (11 to 40). After fixing a locking plate submuscularly on the proximal segment, an external fixator was applied to lengthen the bone after corticotomy. Lengthening was at 1 mm/day and on reaching the target length, three or four screws were placed in the plate in the distal segment and the external fixator was removed. All patients achieved the pre-operative target length at a mean of 4.0 cm (3.2 to 5.5). The mean duration of external fixation was 61.6 days (45 to 113) and the mean external fixation index was 15.1 days/cm (13.2 to 20.5), which was less than one-third of the mean healing index (48 days/cm (41.3 to 55). There were only minor complications. Lengthening with a submuscular locking plate can successfully permit early removal of the fixator with fewer complications and is a useful alternative in children or when nailing is difficult.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1394-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Limb lengthening with a submuscular locking plate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea. cwoh@knu.ac.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article