阻钉技术对交锁髓内钉断钉的影响

目的探讨阻钉技术对交锁髓内钉断钉的预防作用。方法2003年1月~2005年8月,采用交锁髓内钉固定长骨干骨折56例,男32例,女24例。年龄21~65岁,平均34岁。其中股骨骨折26例,胫骨骨折30例,均为新鲜、闭合性骨折。骨折类型:中部横断骨折10例,中部短斜形骨折11例,中部长斜形或螺旋形骨折20例,远、近1/3骨干骨折15例。前期32例患者采用常规的交锁髓内钉固定骨折(组),后期24例中部长斜形或螺旋形骨折及远、近1/3骨折患者采用交锁髓内钉配合阻钉固定骨折(组)。结果获随访12~21个月,平均16个月。组3例患者骨折未愈合,其中1例股骨中部长斜形骨折主钉在骨折线附近断裂,另2例胫骨远1/3骨折主钉在靠近骨折端的第1个锁钉孔处断裂;其余患者术后6~12个月获骨性愈合,但骨折处出现较多骨痂。组患者于术后3~8个月获骨性愈合,骨折对位、对线良好,无断钉发生。结论阻钉技术配合交锁髓内钉应用可明显增强骨折断端稳定性,减少断钉发生。

EFFECT OF BLOCKING SCREWS ON BREAKAGE OF INTERLOCKING INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of blocking screws on the breakage of interlocking intramedullary nails. METHODS: From January 2003 to August 2005, 56 patients with fresh and close fracture of long shafts were treated by interlocking intramedullary nails. Among them, there were 32 males and 24 females, including 26 femoral fracture and 30 tibial fracture. Fracture of femoral and tibial shaft was fixed with interlocking intramedullary nails normally in group I (n=32). And long oblique, spiral, proximal or distal fracture of bone shaft was fixed with interlocking intramedullary nails and blocking screws in group II (n=24). RESULTS: All cases were followed up 12 to 21 months (16 months on average). In group I, fracture healing failed and the intramedullary nails broke in 3 cases, breakage site was the middle femoral fracture area in 1 case and the first distal interlocking nail hole in 2 cases of distal 1/3 tibial fracture. Fractures healed 6 to 12 months after operations in the other cases, but more bony callus occurred in fracture area. In group II, fractures healing and good alignment were achieved, and no breakage was found in all 24 cases. CONCLUSION: The use of blocking screws added to interlocking intramedullary nails could improve the stability of fracture areas distinctively, and hence reduce the breakage of intramedullary nails.