Extrafocal osteosynthesis of complicated closed leg fractures

Abstract

The observations were analyzed in 22 patients with complicated closed leg shaft fractures, treated within the period of 1997-2004 in the Minsk traumatological hospitals, being the bases of the traumatology and orthopaedics faculty of the Belorussia State Medical University. Infected trophic bullae were observed in 10 patients, necroses of skin and subcutaneous fat – in 6 ones, bedsores caused by sharp tibial bone fragments – in 3 ones, acute sheath syndrome – in 3 patients. The technique of extrafocal compression-distraction osteosynthesis was used for treatment of the patients.