The Fate of Butterfly Fragments in Extremity Shaft Comminuted Fractures Treated with Closed Interlocking Intramedullary Nailing

Comparison of the Result of the Intramedullary Nail Fixation and Plate Fixation in Humeral Shaft Fracture with Butterfly Fragments

“…여러 저자들에 의해서 두 수술 술기 간 장점과 단점이 비교되었으나 [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] , 일반적인 상완골 간부 골절에 대한 비교에서 두 수술 술기 간에 유합률은 차이를 보이지 않는 것으로 보고되고 있다 [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] . 단순 상완골 간부 골절과 비교하여 골절부에 나비형 골편이 동반된 경우, 내고정 시 고정물의 생역학적 고정력에 영향을 주게 되어 13) , 나비형 골편의 전위에 따라 고정력과 유합률에 영향을 받을 수 있다 14,15) . Table 2).…”

Reply to “Letter to the Editor on: The impact of the third fragment features on the healing of femoral shaft fractures managed with intramedullary nailing: a radiological study”

“…With reference to the potential bias due to the inter-observer variability, it is important to remark that all the measurements were performed in the true-AP view xrays (incorrect x-rays were excluded from our study) [2]. Moreover, it should be noted that also in the previous studies [3][4][5], x-rays were used to assess the third fragment features. However, we are already working on a CT-based protocol, in order to obtain a more accurate prognostic algorithm.…”