Correction of Lower Limb Deformities With Fixator Assisted Nailing

Aga Khan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deformity; Bone

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03847064

AKUPK

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is a retrospective study at a tertiary care hospital. All cases of lower limb deformity whose correction was done with fixator assisted IM nailing from 2010 till 2017 were analyzed.

Full description

It is a retrospective study at a tertiary care hospital. All cases of lower limb deformity whose correction was done with fixator assisted IM nailing from 2010 till 2017 were analyzed. Pre Op x-rays and post op x rays will be analyzed for Mechanical Axis Deviation (MAD), anatomical Lateral Distal Femoral Angle (aLDFA), mechanical Lateral Distal Femoral Angle (mLDFA) and Medial Proximal Tibial Angle (MPTA), post-operative activity and functional status of the patients. Data will be analyzed using SPSS

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All those patients who underwent fixator assisted intramedullary nailing of tibia or femurs for deformity correction were included

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who lost to follow up and those with missing records were excluded from the study.