ArticleStrategies in trauma and limb reconstruction2018
Two consecutive limb lengthenings with the same PRECICE nail: a technical note.
Article in Strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of complications with externally controlled motorized intramedullary bone lengthening nails (FITBONE and PRECICE) in 983 segments.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Pooled it
- Reactivating Sleeping Intramedullary Nail in a 16-Year-Old Female with Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia: A Case Report on Complications and Potential Solutions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Limb lengthening with PRECICE magnetic nail in pediatric patients: A systematic review.World journal of orthopedics · 2021Article
- [Research progress of intramedullary lengthening nail technology].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2021Review
- Post-retrieval functionality testing of PRECICE lengthening nails: The "Sleeper" nail concept.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Intramedullary Bone Lengthening Following Preceding Hip Surgery-A Case Series.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Limb lengthening with one Precice nail over its capacity.Saudi medical journal · 2019Article
- Bone reconstruction after malignant tumour resection using a motorized lengthening intramedullary nail in adolescents: preliminary results.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2019Article
- All Internal Bone Transport: Use of a Lengthening Nail and Double Plating for Management of Femoral Bone Loss.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
- Bifocal Lengthening with Monorail External Frame for Severe Shortening of the Femur: A Case Report.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe most significant advance in our time about limb lengthening is the magnetic lengthening nail, as the first reports appeared to show good results with accurate lengthening rates and good regenerate bone formation. The described complication rate is generally low. They avoid external fixation elements, and are activated transcutaneously, so the patient's pain and discomfort are reduced and the rehabilitation is faster and more effective. The aim of authors is to describe a special technical issue of the PRECICE system: the nail can be extended inside the patient limb (after the osteotomy), but it also can be retracted inside the limb after achieving the bone union.
methodsThe authors present a case in which the limb lengthening has been performed in consecutive lengthening periods using the same nail. The nail was extended and retracted by altering the settings on the external remote control as well as accurately setting the rate of distraction.
resultsAfter two consecutive femoral lengthening with the same PRECICE nail, the patient no longer has a significant lower limb length discrepancy and patient satisfaction was high. During this clinical case, we were not confronted with any type of complications.
conclusionThis technique utilizes the principles and advantages of lengthening over an magnetic lengthening nail, avoids the necessity of nail removal and minimizes the complication rates and the overall time for complete recovery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.