Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities?
Unlike external fixators, the use of solid intramedullary lengthening nails is restricted to defined anatomical preconditions, such as an adequate bone length. Furthermore, all deformity corrections except the lengthening procedure have to be implemented intraoperatively and cannot be adjusted posto...
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description | Unlike external fixators, the use of solid intramedullary lengthening nails is restricted to defined anatomical preconditions, such as an adequate bone length. Furthermore, all deformity corrections except the lengthening procedure have to be implemented intraoperatively and cannot be adjusted postoperatively. Conversely, even complex deformity corrections can be performed using intramedullary devices after a thorough preoperative planning. For preparation of the intramedullary cavity as well as positioning of the lengthening nail according to the preoperative planning, reaming the medullary canal with rigid reamers which don’t follow the line of least resistance is inevitable. However, the application of solid lengthening nails might be limited, especially in children with ongoing epiphyseal growth, although a central perforation of the growth plate was shown to have no adverse effects on the growth potential. In cases with complex or multilevel deformities, an additional osteotomy and locking plate fixation could sometimes be a valuable solution in order to avoid external fixation. The low complication rate as well as the reduced compromising of soft tissues and periosteum render intramedullary lengthening nails the state-of-the-art procedure for limb lengthening in combination with deformity correction in patients who meet the anatomical preconditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-51458322016-12-23 Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? Lenze, U. Krieg, A. H. J Child Orthop Current Concept Review Unlike external fixators, the use of solid intramedullary lengthening nails is restricted to defined anatomical preconditions, such as an adequate bone length. Furthermore, all deformity corrections except the lengthening procedure have to be implemented intraoperatively and cannot be adjusted postoperatively. Conversely, even complex deformity corrections can be performed using intramedullary devices after a thorough preoperative planning. For preparation of the intramedullary cavity as well as positioning of the lengthening nail according to the preoperative planning, reaming the medullary canal with rigid reamers which don’t follow the line of least resistance is inevitable. However, the application of solid lengthening nails might be limited, especially in children with ongoing epiphyseal growth, although a central perforation of the growth plate was shown to have no adverse effects on the growth potential. In cases with complex or multilevel deformities, an additional osteotomy and locking plate fixation could sometimes be a valuable solution in order to avoid external fixation. The low complication rate as well as the reduced compromising of soft tissues and periosteum render intramedullary lengthening nails the state-of-the-art procedure for limb lengthening in combination with deformity correction in patients who meet the anatomical preconditions. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-11-15 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5145832/ /pubmed/27848194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-016-0782-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Current Concept Review Lenze, U. Krieg, A. H. Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
title | Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
title_full | Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
title_fullStr | Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
title_full_unstemmed | Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
title_short | Intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
title_sort | intramedullary lengthening nails: can we also correct deformities? |
topic | Current Concept Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5145832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27848194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-016-0782-0 |
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