Kim N H, Hahn S B, Park H W, Yang I H
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Int Orthop. 1994 Feb;18(1):42-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00180178.
The Orthofix external fixator was used to treat 112 fractures of the long bones in 101 patients, and 22 patients with infected nonunions. Our results compared favourably with those reported in other series where external fixation was used. The overall rate of uncomplicated union was 69.6% with 24.1% of patients requiring a further operation. The overall incidence of nonunion (30.4%) was due to the relatively large number of severe open fractures in the series. The apparatus was simple to apply, and safe and effective in practice. We recommend its use for the primary treatment of open and segmental fractures, and for infected nonunion.
使用奥托芬外固定器治疗101例患者的112处长骨骨折以及22例感染性骨不连患者。我们的结果与其他使用外固定治疗的系列报道相比更具优势。无并发症愈合的总体发生率为69.6%，24.1%的患者需要再次手术。骨不连的总体发生率（30.4%）是由于该系列中严重开放性骨折数量相对较多。该器械应用简单，在实际操作中安全有效。我们建议将其用于开放性骨折和节段性骨折的一期治疗以及感染性骨不连的治疗。
