Early experience about Anteversa® plate for lateral femur fractures

Bonicoli, Enrico and Andreani, Lorenzo and Piolanti, Nicola and Dolfi, Lorenzo and Lisanti, Michele (2012) Early experience about Anteversa® plate for lateral femur fractures. Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism, 9 (3). pp. 187-190. ISSN 1971-3266

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Abstract

Introduction. The hip fractures appear to be a real epidemic problem, especially in the western world, due primarily to higher average age. The social and economical impact is considerable with a continue social and health costs up-rising. The female-male ratio is approximately 8:1. Purpose. The purpose of this report is to present a system of osteosynthesis for fractures of the lateral femoral neck. This system is a plate developed by INTRAUMA O'nil®, 3-hole plate with an 130° angle of valgus and 7° of anteversion. Materials and methods. At the I Orthopedic Department at the University of Pisa from January 2009 to February 2012 were treated 52 fractures of the femur neck side with this system. All patients undergone to a clinical and X-ray evaluation according to the AO classification: 14 31-A1, 7 31-A2, 4 31-A3. Results. The mean follow-up was 10 months, in all cases we did not have cut-outs with a TAD average of 23 mm. Conclusions. This system offers the possibility to perform surgery quickly with low risk of cut-out thanks to 7° of anteversion. Ensures optimal fixation to the femoral shaft and an equitable distribution of forces, eliminating the risk of breakage of the implant and loosening of the screws

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	hip fractures, plate synthesis, pertrochanteric fractures
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 611 Anatomia; Citologia; Istologia umana > 611.7 Sistema muscoloscheletrico, tegumento
Depositing User:	Danilo Dezzi
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2013 17:20
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2013 17:20
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/6090

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