Sentence examples for more unstable fractures from inspiring English sources

More unstable fractures may require conversion to a diaphyseal engaging stem and additional cerclage.

Ten patients with multi-fragmented and more unstable fractures were immobilized with a below-elbow cast for 4 weeks that was replaced with a removable splint for a minimum of two further weeks.

However, the SHS construct has been found to provide inadequate fixation in more unstable fractures types [7, 8], more often leading to malreduction [9] and lag screw cut-out [10].

S52.60 also covers the more unstable fractures of the distal radius and metaphyseal ulna.

Previous studies have shown that a significant proportion of the more unstable 31A.2 fractures suffer from variable degrees of collapse and femoral shaft medialisation and that a high proportion of these patients go on to have poor function [5, 6, 30].

The remaining three (11%) patients sustained clinically significant fractures defined as those involving two or more columns (unstable fractures according to the Denis classification) 16 or those requiring operative fixation.

This might be explained by (1) irreversible damage of the vessels, resulting in avascular necrosis, and/or (2) a more unstable, geometrical fracture pattern that is at a higher risk of subsequent fracture displacement, resulting in pain and nonunion and the need for reoperation.

The converging configuration of proximal screws, as used in type A3 fractures and the more unstable type A2 fractures (when the lateral wall proved to be particularly at risk), seemed to withstand the tendency of these fractures to collapse.

Classification of ankle fractures was done using the AO/Weber classification To avoid selection bias, where more unstable and comminuted fractures would possibly be operated with the AO technique, we included only patients with an isolated AO/Weber type-B fracture of the lateral malleolus.

Part of the explanation for these failures appears to be that the lateral femoral wall often fractures during insertion of the SHS, thereby worsening the AO/OTA type A2 pertrochanteric fracture into a more unstable AO/OTA type A3 intertrochanteric fracture (Palm et al. 2007).

Fracture healing studies suggest unstable fractures induce more callus [ 12, 16].