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ArticleJournal of children's orthopaedics2013

Intramedullary rod fixation of fibrous dysplasia without use of bisphosphonates.

Greg Gaski, Dane Hansen, Leisel M Willis, Gary D Bos, John R Kean

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Article in Journal of children's orthopaedics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Greg GaskiNationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, A2630, Columbus, OH 43205-2696 USA.
Dane HansenNationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, A2630, Columbus, OH 43205-2696 USA.
Leisel M WillisNationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, A2630, Columbus, OH 43205-2696 USA.
Gary D BosKittitas Valley Orthopedics, Ellensburg, WA USA.
John R KeanNationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, A2630, Columbus, OH 43205-2696 USA ; Department of Orthopaedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA.
Nationwide Children's Hospital · USThe Ohio State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeControversy exists regarding approach to treatment of pediatric patients with fibrous dysplasia.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed medical records of seven patients who were treated at our institution for fibrous dysplasia by intramedullary rod fixation without bisphosphonate supplementation.

resultsSeven patients with a total of ten fibrous dysplasia lesion sites surgically treated by intramedullary rod fixation were included. Of these ten lesion sites, eight demonstrated pathologic fracture at the time of fixation. Complete fracture healing was observed in all eight sites, with no incidence of recurrent pathologic fractures examined radiographically. There were no major infections or neurologic deficits, and lesions appeared to stabilize.

conclusionsIn this series, intramedullary rod fixation proved to be successful in treatment of acute pathologic fracture and incompletely healed fibrous dysplasia lesions. We observed partial resolution of fibrous dysplasia lesions at all ten sites without significant long-term complications. Following treatment, there were no refractures. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, case series.

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BiphosphonatesFibrous dyslplasiaIntramedullary fixationsLesionPathologic fracture

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PMID24432087
PMCPMC3799931
OpenAlexW1973647670

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