DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION

S. van Heerden; M.W. Solomons

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

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DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION

S. van Heerden
M.W. Solomons

DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION

van Heerden S, Solomons M. DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION. Orthop Procs. 2003;85-B(SUPP_II):144-145. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

van Heerden, S., and M.W. Solomons. “DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings, vol. 85-B, no. SUPP_II, 2003, pp. 144-145., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

van Heerden, S., & Solomons, M. (2003). DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 85-B(SUPP_II), 144-145. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

van Heerden, S. and Solomons, M. (2003) “DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings, 85-B(SUPP_II), pp. 144-145. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

van Heerden, S., and M.W. Solomons. “DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings 85-B, no. SUPP_II (2003): 144-145. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

van Heerden S, Solomons M. DIAPHYSEAL LOWER LIMB FRACTURES FOLLOWING GUNSHOT INJURIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENT OF COMMINUTION AND RATE OF DELAYED OR NONUNION. Orthop Procs. 2003 Feb 1;85-B(SUPP_II):144-145. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.85BSUPP_II.0850144h

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Abstract

In an attempt to formulate a classification that might facilitate prognostication of outcome and possibly dictate early intervention, we conducted a retrospective review of fractures in which the extent of diaphyseal comminution was greater than 8 cm and resulted in nonunion. We looked at 150 femoral diaphyseal and 100 tibial diaphyseal fractures caused by gunshots and treated at our institution.

The abstracts were edited by Prof. M.B.E. Sweet. Correspondence should be addressed to him at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193 South Africa