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Management of Femoral Defects Greater Than 5 cm Following Open Femur Fractures: A 12-Year Retrospective Review.
Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances 0 December
This study sought to evaluate the outcomes of patients with osseous defects exceeding 5 cm following open femur fractures. Size of the osseous defect, method of internal fixation (plate vs. intramedullary nail), patient demographics, medical comorbidities, and surgical complications were collected. Twenty-seven of the 832 open femur fracture patients had osseous defects exceeding 5 cm. Mean osseous defect size was 8 cm, and each patient had an average of four operations including initial debridement. Average time from injury to bone grafting was 123.7 days. The overall complication rate was 48.1% ( n = 13). The most common complications were infection (26.0%, n = 7) and nonunion (41.0%, n = 11). Smoking, diabetes, ASA score, and defect size did not independently increase the risk of a complication. Management of open femur fractures with osseous defects greater than 5 cm is associated with high complication rate, driven primarily by infection and nonunion. (Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances 27(3):203-208, 2018).
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