PURPOSE To assess the meaning of the unstable intertrochanteric fracture of femur with involvement of lateral cortex by analysing the radiologic result of the surgical treatment using a compression hip screw. MATERIALS AND METHODS Classifing patients (who has taken the surgical treatment for intertrochanteric fracture of femur using compression hip screw from January 1999 to June 2002) in our hospital with 24 patients who had not much difference statistically in the compression screw located within the femur, Tip-Apex distance (TAD) the Singh Numerical Value of osteoporosis. The results were divided into two groups, group A (without fracture extends through lateral cortex of femur: 16 cases) and B (fracture extends through lateral cortex of femur: 8 cases), when analyzing it. And then analyzed the final examination in the evaluation of electrical potential level by radiology, change of the inside and outside of neck-shaft angle, descent level of the screw and the change of the neck-shaft angle. RESULTS In the latest follow up, the sliding amount of the screw in group B, the average was 14.9+/-9.3 mm, and 6.7+/-3.6 mm in group A. There was no difference statistically (p value>0.05). In the varus change in group B, the average was 8.00+/-8.12degrees and in group A it ws 2.75+/-2.63degrees There was statistical difference(p value<0.05). In displacement after operation, it was 7.60+/-2.61 mm in group B and 0.5+/-1.80 mm in group A. There was statistical difference (p value<0.05). CONCLUSION The intertrochanteric fracture with involvement of lateral cortex of femur have to be considered as unstable fracture having tendency of displacement.
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PURPOSE To assess the clinical and radiological results from the treatment of the intraarticular distal radius fracture by using the external fixator and confirm the usefulness of the external fixator from this study.
MATERIALS & METHODS: We selected 20 cases of the distal radius fracture patients, who were treated with external fixator, among the patients from March, 1998 to March, 2001 and they could be followed for 1 year. There were 12 males and 8 females with a mean age of 53.4. According to AO classification, there were 2 cases for type A (10%), 2 cases for type B (10%), 5 cases for type C1 (25%), 9 cases for type C2 (45%), and 2 cases for type C3 (10%). In the 16 cases, the external fixator was used alone and in the other 2 cases, the external fixator was used with K-wires fixation. In the last 2 cases, K-wires fixation and autogenous iliac bone graft were combined. RESULTS In more severe form of distal radius fracture such as complete intraarticular fracture (type C2, C3 of AO classification), the better outcome in clinical and radiologic results was showed when additional K-wires fixation and/or autogenous iliac bone graft were combined rather than using the external fixator only. Particularly, in the cases of type C2, the poorest outcomes of radial length loss 2.7 mm (4.0%), radial inclination loss 1.4 (4.9%), volar tilting loss 2.4 (6.9%) were showed when the external fixator was used alone. The three worst results were from the cases of using external fixator alone in type C2. In the two cases of combination with K-wire fixation, the result of type C2 was excellent and that of type C3 was good. The results of the last two cases (type C2, C3) of combination with K-wire fixation and autogenous iliac bone graft were all excellent. CONCLUSION In this study, we confirmed that the better result could be achieved when the treatment were performed with combination with K-wire and/or autogenous iliac bone graft rather than using the external fixator alone.