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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic case reports2022

A Novel and Simple Method for stabilizing a Transverse Segment in a Posterior Wall Acetabular Fracture: Continuous Compression Staples, A Report of three Cases.

Arinze J Ochuba, Stanley Zhu, R Timothy Kreulen, Adam Margalit, Rachel B Sotsky

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arinze J OchubaDarpartment of Orthopaedic, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States.
Stanley ZhuDepartment of Orthopaedic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
R Timothy KreulenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
Adam MargalitDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
Rachel B SotskyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
Johns Hopkins University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Continuous compression implants (CCI) are a fixation device formed from nitinol, a shape memory alloy. This alloy is durable enough to augment fixation and combined with its small footprint, versatile enough to insert into areas that are too small for K wires or lag screws to hold a provisional fixation. Case Report: We used CCIs to successfully stabilize the transverse segments in three posterior column with posterior wall fractures. Conclusion: CCIs can be used to provisionally reduce posterior column with posterior wall acetabular fractures and stabilize small pelvic bone fragments that may be difficult to hold with lag screws. These cases highlight a novel augmentation of the surgical treatment of posterior column with posterior wall fractures.

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continuous compression staplesPosterior column acetabular fractureshape memory alloy

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PMID36659886
PMCPMC9826688
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