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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the clinical and radiological outcomes of lower limb fractures following surgical treatment in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS: Between January 2003 and December 2015, 102 chronic SCI patients with a lowe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7383793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32707017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568219871019 |
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author | Ung, Lars Ohlmeier, Malte Jettkant, Birger Grasmücke, Dennis Aach, Mirko Meindl, Renate Nicolas, Volkmar Schildhauer, Thomas A. Citak, Mustafa |
author_facet | Ung, Lars Ohlmeier, Malte Jettkant, Birger Grasmücke, Dennis Aach, Mirko Meindl, Renate Nicolas, Volkmar Schildhauer, Thomas A. Citak, Mustafa |
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description | STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the clinical and radiological outcomes of lower limb fractures following surgical treatment in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS: Between January 2003 and December 2015, 102 chronic SCI patients with a lower limb fracture were surgically treated at our hospital. A total of 58 patients met the inclusion criteria and were recruited for final analysis. Patients with 2-stage procedure or incomplete clinical records with lost-to-follow-up were excluded from the study. Patients were divided into 2 groups (group 1= internal fixation; group 2 = external fixation). Primary outcome measures were to identify the number of nonunions via Kaplan-Meier analysis and the time to bone consolidation. The diagnosis of a pseudarthrosis was made after more than 180 days of consolidation time. Considering the Kaplan-Meier analysis, pseudarthrosis was interpreted as treatment failure. Secondary outcome measure was to evaluate the complication rate with special focus on heterotopic ossification. RESULTS: A total of 58 chronic SCI patients with closed bone fractures were included in this study. Fifty-two fractures (88%) were simple and 7 (12%) were complex (type C) fractures according to AO classification. The majority of patients (34 cases, 59%) developed femur fractures followed by 24 tibial fractures (41%). Seventeen patients received an external (29%) and 41 an internal fixation (71%). Bone consolidation was reported in 31 patients (53%) with a mean time interval of bone consolidation after 97 days (range from 45 to 160 days; SD = 30). The reported nonunion (pseudarthrosis) rate was 47%. Comparing the internal group (n = 15 patients) versus the external group (n = 14), we could not find any significant difference (P = .939) concerning the bone consolidation time. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a 75% cumulative survivorship at 120 days (internal group) versus 111 days (external group). Most common postoperative complications occurred in the internal fixation group with Wound infections being predominantly observed (10%), followed by heterotopic ossifications (8%). CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that surgical treatment of lower limb fractures in chronic SCI patients is a challenging treatment with a high pseudarthrosis rate in both groups. The complication rate seems to be lower in the patients treated with external fixation. As a clinical recommendation, longer implants should be used for a stable osteosynthesis since SCI patients seem to have a higher load on the osteosynthesis material due to missing sensomotoric feedback. |
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spelling | pubmed-73837932020-08-10 Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Ung, Lars Ohlmeier, Malte Jettkant, Birger Grasmücke, Dennis Aach, Mirko Meindl, Renate Nicolas, Volkmar Schildhauer, Thomas A. Citak, Mustafa Global Spine J Original Articles STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the clinical and radiological outcomes of lower limb fractures following surgical treatment in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS: Between January 2003 and December 2015, 102 chronic SCI patients with a lower limb fracture were surgically treated at our hospital. A total of 58 patients met the inclusion criteria and were recruited for final analysis. Patients with 2-stage procedure or incomplete clinical records with lost-to-follow-up were excluded from the study. Patients were divided into 2 groups (group 1= internal fixation; group 2 = external fixation). Primary outcome measures were to identify the number of nonunions via Kaplan-Meier analysis and the time to bone consolidation. The diagnosis of a pseudarthrosis was made after more than 180 days of consolidation time. Considering the Kaplan-Meier analysis, pseudarthrosis was interpreted as treatment failure. Secondary outcome measure was to evaluate the complication rate with special focus on heterotopic ossification. RESULTS: A total of 58 chronic SCI patients with closed bone fractures were included in this study. Fifty-two fractures (88%) were simple and 7 (12%) were complex (type C) fractures according to AO classification. The majority of patients (34 cases, 59%) developed femur fractures followed by 24 tibial fractures (41%). Seventeen patients received an external (29%) and 41 an internal fixation (71%). Bone consolidation was reported in 31 patients (53%) with a mean time interval of bone consolidation after 97 days (range from 45 to 160 days; SD = 30). The reported nonunion (pseudarthrosis) rate was 47%. Comparing the internal group (n = 15 patients) versus the external group (n = 14), we could not find any significant difference (P = .939) concerning the bone consolidation time. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a 75% cumulative survivorship at 120 days (internal group) versus 111 days (external group). Most common postoperative complications occurred in the internal fixation group with Wound infections being predominantly observed (10%), followed by heterotopic ossifications (8%). CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that surgical treatment of lower limb fractures in chronic SCI patients is a challenging treatment with a high pseudarthrosis rate in both groups. The complication rate seems to be lower in the patients treated with external fixation. As a clinical recommendation, longer implants should be used for a stable osteosynthesis since SCI patients seem to have a higher load on the osteosynthesis material due to missing sensomotoric feedback. SAGE Publications 2019-08-19 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7383793/ /pubmed/32707017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568219871019 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work as published without adaptation or alteration, without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Ung, Lars Ohlmeier, Malte Jettkant, Birger Grasmücke, Dennis Aach, Mirko Meindl, Renate Nicolas, Volkmar Schildhauer, Thomas A. Citak, Mustafa Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury |
title | Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury |
title_full | Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury |
title_fullStr | Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury |
title_short | Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Lower Limb Fractures in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury |
title_sort | clinical and radiological outcomes after surgical treatment of lower limb fractures in patients with spinal cord injury |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7383793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32707017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568219871019 |
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