Following distraction of the femur, the distal end of the upper fragment was then positioned to contact the inner surface of the femoral cortex of the lower fragment, and the fixation plate was placed on the lateral cortex with different screw fixation combinations.
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The preliminary results show that, although, as in dry cases, debonding at the bone cement interface defined the failure of the cement fixation, the combination of mechanical loading and saline environment significantly affected the damage initiation and development, with drastically reduced survival lives of the reconstructs.
Finally a standardized treatment protocol using external fixation in combination with minimal invasive internal osteosynthesis is described.
Chromosome damage was measured in 4 patients using conventional cytogenetic culture, harvest, and fixation in combination with spectral karyotyping (SKY).
Hypotonic shock before fixation in combination with dropping of nuclei to glass slides and subsequent air drying lead to well-spread metaphase chromosomes sticking firmly to the slide.
Index surgery for non-union consisted of open reduction and plate fixation in combination with a graft in 30 cases (59%), open reduction and plate fixation alone in 14 cases (27%), and only a graft in 7 cases (14%).
A percutaneous transpedicular approach was used for 97.4% of the patients; in 2,6% an open surgery was performed; this patient was treated with a posterior fixation in combination with the SpineJack procedure.
In summary, hybrid peripheral screw fixation using combinations of locked and non-locked screws provides secure glenoid baseplate fixation using a polyurethane bone substitute model.
Hybrid peripheral screw fixation using combinations of locked and non-locked screws provides secure glenoid baseplate fixation using a polyurethane bone substitute model.
