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ArticleCureus2024

Optimizing Fixation and Biologic Augmentation in Aseptic Femoral Nonunion Management: A Retrospective Case Series.

Sarthak Walia, Abhay Agarwal, Ishan Shevate, Rahul Salunkhe, Rishabh Aggarwal

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sarthak WaliaOrthopedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND.
Abhay AgarwalOrthopedics, Apollo Excelcare Hospital, Guwahati, IND.
Ishan ShevateOrthopedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND.
Rahul SalunkheOrthopedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND.
Rishabh AggarwalOrthopedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonunion poses significant difficulties for both patients and orthopedic surgeons, often requiring intricate reconstructive surgeries to achieve bone healing and eliminate infections. Surgeons must navigate numerous contributing factors to nonunion, and they also face challenging hardware issues during revision procedures. These issues can include infections, loose or failing hardware, misaligned components, or inappropriate hardware configurations. This case series includes five cases of nonunion femur fractures and the goal is to carefully analyze the best treatment option for treating nonunion. All the cases underwent the removal of whole or part of the hardware followed by bone grafting and attainment of the stable construct with load-sharing devices and augmentation with neutralizing plates. All the cases had a radiological bone union at an average of four to seven months with improvement of Harris Hip Score.

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broken hardwarefracture healingfracture nonunionfracture revisionhardware removalorthopedic trauma

Identifiers

PMID39246933
PMCPMC11377906

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