Aim Of The Study: This was to compare the early outcome of closed femoral shaft fractures treated with locked intramedullary nailing and plating at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu.
Methods: The study was a prospective study over 12-month period at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu. Ethical clearance was obtained from the hospital ethical committee. Written informed consent was obtained from all prospectively recruited participants. Patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly selected by simple balloting into either intramedullary nailing group or plating group. The patients were evaluated at presentation and postoperatively within 48 hours, then at two weeks, six weeks, 12 weeks and 18 weeks, respectively. Participants were evaluated using Thoresen criteria.
Results: A total of 52 femoral shaft fractures in 50 patients were included and analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Bone union was obtained in all the patients in the intramedullary nailing group at 12 weeks and in 84.6% patients in the plating group between 12 and 18 weeks. The overall wound infection rate was 11.5% in the locked intramedullary group and 7.7% in the plating group. Similarly, the overall limb length discrepancy was 11.5% in the locked intramedullary nailing group and 19.2% in the plating group. Based on the Thoresen criteria, good to excellent outcome was achieved in 65.4% of patients in the locked intramedullary nailing group.
Discussion: The patients in both groups were evaluated clinically, radiologically and functionally based on the Thoresen criteria and significantly higher number of patients in the intramedullary nailing group (17; 65.4%) than the plating group had good to excellent outcome (x = 9.734; p = 0.020).
Conclusion: The early outcome of treatment of closed femoral shaft fractures in adults is significantly better following locked intramedullary nailing than plating.
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