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Dr. Ahmad Mohammed Abdulazeem :: Publications:

Title:
Taylor Spatial Frame Fixation in Patients With Multiple Traumatic Injuries: Study of 57 Long-Bone Fractures
Authors: Francesco Sala, MD,* Yasser Elbatrawy, MD,† Ahmed M. Thabet, MD,‡ Mahmoud Zayed, MD,† and Dario Capitani, MD*
Year: 2013
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Abstract:

Objective: To evaluate the Taylor spatial frame (TSF) for primary and definitive fixation of lower limb long-bone fractures in patients with multiple traumatic injuries. Design: Retrospective. Setting: Level I trauma center. Patients: Consecutive series of 52 patients, 57 fractures (25 femoral and 32 tibial), treated between 2005 and 2009. Forty-nine fractures (86%) were open. Injury Severity Score $16 for all patients. Intervention: Fifty-four fractures (95%) underwent definitive fixation with the TSF and 3 were treated primarily within 48 hours of injury. In 22 cases (39%), fractures were acutely reduced with the TSF, fixed to bone and the struts in sliding mode without further adjustment, and in 35 cases (61%), the total residual deformity correction program was undertaken. Main Outcome Measure: Clinical and radiological. Results: Complete union was obtained in 52 fractures (91%) without additional surgery at an average of 29 weeks. Four nonunions and 1 delayed union occurred. Results based on Association for the Study and Application of the Method of Ilizarov criteria: 74% excellent, 16% good, 4% fair, and 7% poor for bone outcomes and 35% excellent, 47% good, and 18% fair for functional outcomes. Eighty-eight percent of patients returned to preinjury work activities. Conclusions: Primary and definitive fixation with the TSF is effective. Advantages include continuity of device until union, reduced risk of infection, early mobilization, restoration of primary defect caused by bone loss, easy and accurate application, convertibility and versatility compared with a monolateral fixator, and improved union rate and range of motion for lower extremity long-bone fractures in patients with multiple traumatic injuries. Key Words: multiple trauma, tibia, femur, fracture, Taylor spatial frame Level of Evidence: Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence. (J Orthop Trauma 2013;27:442–450)

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