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Case Reports
Percutaneous cerclage wiring for reduction of periprosthetic and difficult femoral fractures. A technical note.
- T Apivatthakakul and C Phornphutkul.
- Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. tapivath@gmail.com
- Injury. 2012 Jun 1;43(6):966-71.
BackgroundCombining closed reduction techniques with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) or intramedullary nailing is a technically challenging procedure, especially when dealing with complex femoral fractures such as periprosthetic fractures. Cerclage wiring is a well known adjunct for fracture reduction and fixation. However, it is usually performed by open reduction, requiring wide surgical exposures, that results in soft tissue stripping.ObjectivesTo present how a novel cerclage wiring technique, employing a new percutaneous cerclage system, helped reduce a periprosthetic femoral fracture, fixed with MIPO, and a difficult proximal femoral fracture, stabilized with an intramedullary nail.ConclusionPercutaneous wiring is an alternative reduction technique to facilitate the reduction and maintenance of difficult femoral fractures, which reduces the radiation exposure to the surgeon.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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