SynthesisActa orthopaedica2021
Systematic review of complications with externally controlled motorized intramedullary bone lengthening nails (FITBONE and PRECICE) in 983 segments.
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- Treatment Efficiency Following Pediatric Tibial Lengthening Using Monolateral External Fixation: The Role of Surgical Planning and Postoperative Complications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Minimally Invasive Management of Peri-implant Fractures in Intramedullary Limb Lengthening: A Technical Note.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2026Article
- Functional outcomes and complications of tibial lengthening using the lengthening over nail technique in leg length discrepancy patients in a low-resource setting.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Article
- Disintegration of the Second-Generation Precice Bone Transport Nail During Removal Is Still an Issue: A Case Report.Case reports in orthopedics · 2026Article
- Motorized Intramedullary Bone Transport Nail for Reconstruction of a Large Diaphyseal Bone Defect after Tumor Resection in a Child-A Case Report.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bone Healing Index and Complications of a Magnetic Internal Lengthening Nail: A Retrospective Series of 286 Bone Lengthening Events.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Article
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- Outcomes and outcome measurement instruments in lower-limb lengthening surgery: a scoping review to inform core outcome set development.Acta orthopaedica · 2024Article
- The need for state-of-the-art orthopedic surgical technology in low- to middle income countries : The case of distraction epiphyseolysis for limb lengthening in children with fibular hemimelia in Uzbekistan.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
- A Novel Electromechanical Intramedullary Nail System for Limb Lengthening.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Deformity correction and limb lengthening with externally controlled motorized extendable intramedullary nails: Comparison of 2 different nails.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2023Article
- Complications and risk factors of intramedullary bone lengthening nails: a retrospective multicenter cohort study of 314 FITBONE and PRECICE nails.Acta orthopaedica · 2023Article
- Osmotic pump with potential for bone lengthening distracts continuously in vitro and in vivo.PloS one · 2023Article
- Letter to the editor on "STRYDE versus PRECICE magnetic internal lengthening nail for femur lengthening".Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Correction of post-traumatic lower-limb discrepancy with Precice intramedullary lengthening nails: a review of 34 adults with an average follow-up of 2 years.Acta orthopaedica · 2022Article
- The STRYDE limb lengthening nail is susceptible to mechanically assisted crevice corrosion: an analysis of 23 retrieved implants.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- International recognition of the Ilizarov bone reconstruction techniques: Current practice and research (dedicated to 100World journal of orthopedics · 2021Review
- Pain, osteolysis, and periosteal reaction are associated with the STRYDE limb lengthening nail: a nationwide cross-sectional study.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- Complications common in motorized intramedullary bone transport for non-infected segmental defects: a retrospective review of 15 patients.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- Focal osteolysis and corrosion at the junction of Precice Stryde intramedullary lengthening device : preliminary clinical, radiological, and metallurgic analysis of 57 lengthened segments.Bone & joint research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background and purpose - In recent years motorized intramedullary lengthening nails have become increasingly popular. Complications are heterogeneously reported in small case series and therefore we made a systematic review of complications occurring in lower limb lengthening with externally controlled motorized intramedullary bone lengthening nails.Methods - We performed a systematic search in PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library with medical subject headings: Bone Nails, Bone Lengthening, and PRECICE and FITBONE nails. Complications were graded on severity and origin.Results - The search identified 952 articles; 116 were full text screened, and 41 were included in the final analysis. 983 segments were lengthened in 782 patients (age 8-74 years). The distribution of nails was: 214 FITBONE, 747 PRECICE, 22 either FITBONE or PRECICE. Indications for lengthening were: 208 congenital shortening, 305 acquired limb shortening, 111 short stature, 158 with unidentified etiology. We identified 332 complications (34% of segments): Type I (minimal intervention) in 11% of segments; Type II (substantial change in treatment plan) in 15% of segments; Type IIIA (failure to achieve goal) in 5% of segments; and Type IIIB (new pathology or permanent sequelae) in 3% of segments. Device and bone complications were the most frequent.Interpretation - The overall risk of complications was 1 complication for every 3 segments lengthened. In 1 of every 4 segments, complications had a major impact leading to substantial change in treatment, failure to achieve lengthening goal, introduction of a new pathology, or permanent sequelae. However, as no standardized reporting method for complications exists, the true complication rates might be different.
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