A mechanical study of gap motion in cadaveric femurs using short and long supracondylar nails.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative stability achieved in unstable supracondylar femur fractures treated with long (36 cm) and short (20 cm) retrograde intramedullary nails using 1 or 2 proximal locking bolts. We hypothesized that longer nails would reduce fracture site motion compared with short nails and that 2 proximal locking bolts would improve stability compared with 1 proximal locking bolt. DESIGN:Nine pairs of matched human cadaveric femurs were instrumented with 20-cm and 36-cm retrograde intramedullary nails (all 12-mm diameter, Biomet, Warsaw, IN) following reaming to 13 mm. Transverse supracondylar gap (6 mm) osteotomies were created. The femurs were mounted and cyclically tested separately in coronal plane bending and sagittal plane bending on a materials testing system. Fracture site translation was measured using a digital caliper in the respective plane. SETTING:Orthopaedic biomaterials laboratory. RESULTS:With 2 proximal locking bolts, average sagittal translation was 7.2 mm and 1.8 mm, respectively, for the 20-cm and 36-cm nails. Coronal translation was 6.3 mm and 4.3 mm, respectively. With a single proximal locking bolt, average sagittal translation was 7.6 mm and 2.2 mm, respectively, for the 20-cm and 36-cm nails. Coronal translation was 13.6 mm and 4.4 mm, respectively. A statistically significant difference in fracture site translation was found in each pairing by Student t test (P < 0.005), except coronal translation with 2 proximal locking bolts (P = 0.056). Free-body analysis predicts higher local stresses at the proximal interlocks of the shorter nail. CONCLUSIONS:Longer nails provide improved initial fracture stability when compared with short retrograde nails for supracondylar femur fractures due to a more stable mechanical interaction between the femoral diaphysis and the nail. A second proximal locking bolt in the long nail provides no additional stability.

journal_name

J Orthop Trauma

authors

Sears BR,Ostrum RF,Litsky AS

doi

10.1097/00005131-200407000-00004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-07-01 00:00:00

pages

354-60

issue

6

eissn

0890-5339

issn

1531-2291

pii

00005131-200407000-00004

journal_volume

18

pub_type

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