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Treatment Of Tibial Diaphyseal Fractures With Closed Flexible Intramedullary Ender Nails: 39 Fractures Followed For A Period Of Two To Seven Years, Hussain R. Usman, Muhammad A. Umer, Masood Umer

Department of Surgery Docs

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To assess the efficacy of flexible intramedullary Ender nails for the treatment of tibial diaphyseal.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

This is a retrospective review of patients treated with the Ender Nail for both open and closed tibial shaft fractures. Between January 1989 and December 1994, 43 fractures were treated with these nails. The configuration of each fracture was determined using the Orthopedic Trauma Association classification and the extent of soft tissue damage was assessed using the Gustilo and Anderson's classification. Four patients were excluded from the study due to inadequate follow-up. There were 27 closed and 12 open fractures. …

Impact Of Smoking On The Outcome Of Anterior Cervical Arthrodesis With Interbody Or Strut-Grafting., Alan Hilibrand, Mark A. Fye, Sanford E. Emery, Mark A. Palumbo, Henry H. Bohlman

Rothman Institute Papers

BACKGROUND: An increased rate of pseudarthrosis has been documented following posterolateral lumbar spine grafting in patients who smoke. This same relationship has been assumed for anterior cervical interbody grafting, but to our knowledge it has never been proven. This study compared the long-term radiographic and clinical results of smokers and nonsmokers who had undergone arthrodesis with autogenous bone graft following multi-level anterior cervical decompression for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, or both.

METHODS: One hundred and ninety patients were followed clinically and radiographically for at least two years (range, two to fifteen years). Fifty-nine of the patients had …