[Percutaneous hollow screws for treatment of the vertical sacrum longitudinal fracture].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To introduce percutaneous hollow screws for treatment of the vertical sacrum longitudinal fracture and evaluate the preliminary therapeutic outcomes.

METHODS:

From January 1999 to December 2006, 24 cases with vertical sacrum longitudinal fractures inchuded 15 males and 9 females were treated by percutaneous hollow screws, with an average age of 35 years ranging from 18 to 61 years. Accordng to Denis'classification of sacral fracture, there were 6 cases of type I, 11 of type 1 and 7 of type II.

RESULTS:

The operation lasted for 30 to 65 minutes (averaged 48 minutes). All of them were followed up for 3 to 36 months (averaged 18.6 months). According to improved effective standard of pelvic trauma, the result of radiography was excellent in 18 cases, good in 5 and poor in 1, and the clinical evaluation was exellent in 16, good in 8.

CONCLUSION:

Treatment of the vertical sacrum longitudinal fracture with percutaneous hollow screws is a comparatively reliable method and has the advantages of more precise with few postoperative complications and allows the patient early mobilization.

• Authors: Xing-Guo Wu, Ye-Guang Chen, Jian Huang, Wei-Wen Xie, Wei-Kang Guo
• Journal: Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology (Zhongguo Gu Shang) Vol. 22 Issue 5 Pg. 390-1 (May 2009) ISSN: 1003-0034 [Print] China
• PMID: 19522411 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Female
• Fracture Fixation, Internal
• Fractures, Bone (surgery)
• Humans
• Internal Fixators
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Complications
• Radiography
• Recovery of Function
• Sacrum (diagnostic imaging, injuries, surgery)
• Spinal Fractures (complications, surgery)
• Young Adult