Retrograde intramedullary nailing of the radius in children : a pilot magnetic resonance imaging study of soft-tissue findings |
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Author: | Perhomaa, Marja1,2; Kyrö, Antti3; Niinimäki, Jaakko2; |
Organizations: |
1Oulu Childhood Fracture and Sports Injury Study, Division of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, Department of Children and Adolescents, PEDEGO Research Group, Medical Research Center (MRC) Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and Oulu University, Oulu, Finland 2Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology (MIPT), Oulu University Hospital and Oulu University, Oulu, Finland 3Department of Children, Pediatric Surgery, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.8 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023030830632 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery,
2022
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Publish Date: | 2023-03-08 |
Description: |
AbstractPurpose: Unstable forearm shaft fractures in children are preferably treated surgically using elastic stable intramedullary nails. The radius is nailed retrograde from the distal metaphysis. There is a risk of surgery-related soft-tissue complications during the operation. Close evaluation of occult surgery-related soft-tissue lesions has not been possible previously, due to the titanium alloy hardware used in the process. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential findings in the surrounding soft tissues after intramedullary nailing of the radius, by using magnetic resonance imaging. Methods: The study population comprised 15 pediatric patients with forearm shaft fractures treated by polylactide-co-glycolide biodegradable intramedullary nails and postoperatively evaluated via magnetic resonance imaging. The main outcome was signal abnormality in any tendon at the entry point postoperatively. Secondarily, other changes in the soft tissues related to nailing were determined. Furthermore, the precise location of the entry point and the anatomic characteristics of the soft-tissue tunnel were described. Results: In total, 5 of 15 patients (33.3%) had transient signal pathology in a tendon postoperatively. Edema around the superficial radial nerve was detected in 13 of 15 patients (86.7%). The most common surgical approach was between the extensor pollicis brevis and the extensor carpi radialis longus tendons, which was applied in 10 of 15 patients (66.7%). Conclusions: One in three patients exhibited transient and occult surgery-related intraparenchymal signal pathology in a tendon, after forearm intramedullary nailing. Caution with surgical prepare of the soft-tissue cleavage is recommended. see all
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Series: |
Journal of children's orthopaedics |
ISSN: | 1863-2521 |
ISSN-E: | 1863-2548 |
ISSN-L: | 1863-2521 |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 269 - 275 |
DOI: | 10.1177/18632521221114553 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1177/18632521221114553 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology |
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