Key result
Postponing operative intervention for more than one week from injury significantly diminished the incidence of non-union in femoral shaft fractures treated by intramedullary nailing.
Why the study?
Does postponing operative intervention more than one week reduce the incidence of non-union in patients with fractures of the shaft of the femur treated by intramedullary nailing?
Observational
Does postponing operative intervention more than one week reduce the incidence of non-union in patients with fractures of the shaft of the femur treated by intramedullary nailing?
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Delaying operative intervention for more than one week in femur shaft fractures treated by intramedullary nailing may reduce the incidence of non-union.
The findings in this series of fractures of the shaft of the femur treated by intramedullary nailing confirm the observation of Smith (1959) that the incidence of non-union is significantly diminished when operative intervention is postponed more than one week from the time of the injury. 2. The series is too small to afford conclusive proof, and it offers no explanation of the opposite findings of Smith and Sage (1957), but it indicates that this very important aspect of the operative treatment of fractures ought to be submitted to thorough investigation by many more observers.
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Charnley et al. (1961) conducted an observational in Fractures of the shaft of the femur. Operative intervention postponed more than one week from injury vs. Early operative intervention (implied) was evaluated on Incidence of non-union. Postponing operative intervention for more than one week from injury significantly diminished the incidence of non-union in femoral shaft fractures treated by intramedullary nailing.
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