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7649627

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-28
pubmed:abstractText
With increasing violence in our society, the number of gunshot fractures is likely to increase. Fourteen femoral fractures caused by gunshot injuries were treated with statically locked intramedullary nailing within 8 h of injury. Three patients had concomitant femoral arterial injuries. At follow-up (average 22 months) the results were assessed using a standardized grading system. Thirteen fractures had progressed to stable bony union and there were no deep infections. Nine fractures had an excellent outcome and four a good outcome. One fracture was graded as a poor outcome because of a non-union which was treated with an exchange nailing procedure and progressed to bony union. Our experience of immediate intramedullary nailing of gunshot femoral fractures has yielded results which approximate to those observed in treating closed femoral fractures. We would therefore recommend this as the treatment of choice in fractures of the femoral shaft caused by gunshots.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0020-1383
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Immediate intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures due to gunshots.
pubmed:affiliation
Fracture Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article