ArticleSaudi medical journal2019
Limb lengthening with one Precice nail over its capacity.
Article in Saudi medical journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic review of complications with externally controlled motorized intramedullary bone lengthening nails (FITBONE and PRECICE) in 983 segments.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Pooled it
- Prior leg length discrepancy in total hip arthroplasty patients causes greater implant complications and faster time to revision.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Article
- 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
- Complications and functional, psychological outcomes of bilateral tibial lengthening over intramedullary nail: evidence from Vietnam.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Cambridge Protocol for Management of Segmental Bone Loss.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2021Article
- Re-use of Motorised Intramedullary Limb Lengthening Nails.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
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Abstract
The Precice nail is used to treat limb length discrepancies and has a low complication rate and a high patient satisfaction rate. While the Precice nail can be used for lengthening, unlike other lengthening nails, it can also be used for shortening. We report a 37-year-old female patient with a 14 cm limb length discrepancy that was treated with a new surgical technique using the shortening feature of the Precice nail. Following maximum possible lengthening using the nail and without waiting for union on the osteotomy line, the distal interlocking screws were removed, and the nail was shortened by external remote control with the help of the fixator. The distal interlocking screws were then reattached to continue lengthening. This surgical technique can be used safely and satisfactorily in cases with more shortness as we can correct the extremity length discrepancy using only one nail.
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