Ilizarov Frame or Uni Planar External Fixator in the Cost-conscious Era

Aga Khan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tibia Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: ilizarov circular frame and uni-planarexternal fixator

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03936972

5120 29-Dec-17

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tibial shaft fracture is a common injury worldwide. Their treatment, prognosis, and outcome are determined by the mechanism of injury, presence of communition, soft tissue injury and displacement. In developing countries, lack of education,socioeconomic backgrounds, delay in presentation and appropriate planning for surgery add further to complicate the situation and may end in delayed union, non-union, multiple surgeries and ultimate results in increased morbidity. This study was conducted to determine the outcome of open tibia shaft fracture treated with Ilizarov or AO External Fixator.

Full description

Tibial shaft fracture is a common injury worldwide. Their treatment, prognosis, and outcome are determined by the mechanism of injury, presence of communition, soft tissue injury and displacement. In developing countries, lack of education,socioeconomic backgrounds, delay in presentation and appropriate planning for surgery add further to complicate the situation and may end in delayed union, non-union, multiple surgeries and ultimate results in increased morbidity. This study was conducted to determine the outcome of open tibia shaft fracture treated with Ilizarov or AO External Fixator. It was retrospective Cohort study. Two groups were compared in terms of fracture healing, mechanism of injury, fracture classification, Participant's ambulation at discharge, New Injury Severity Score (NISS), duration of hospital stay, duration of fracture union, need for secondary procedures and complications. Investigators concluded that circular fixator application has favorable outcomes for Gustilo grade III open tibial shaft fractures as compared to uniplanar external fixator.

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants with open tibia shaft fracture type III (A, B, C) as per Gustillo classification of open fractures stabilized with external fixation either circular or uniplanar external fixator were included

Exclusion criteria

• All closed and type I and II open tibia shaft fractures according to Gustillo classification of open fracture, Intra-articular fracture extending to knee and ankle joints were excluded.

Trial design

93 participants in 2 patient groups

ilizarov circular frame

Description:

46 participants with open tibia fracture Gustillo type III only

Treatment:

Procedure: ilizarov circular frame and uni-planarexternal fixator

Ex. Fix

Description:

47 participants with open tibia fracture Gustillo type III only

Treatment:

Procedure: ilizarov circular frame and uni-planarexternal fixator