Reamed and minimally reamed nailing display no difference in clinical outcome .
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OE Journal. 2013;1(19):54 Injury. 2011 Sep;42 Suppl 4:S17-21. doi: 10.1016/S0020-1383(11)70007-9100 patients were randomized to examine whether minimal reaming would lead to similar beneficial effects as extensive reaming in the treatment of closed tibial fractures. Patients received either reamed nailing (up to 12 mm inserting an 11 mm tibial nail) or minimally reamed nailing (up to 10 mm inserting a 9 mm tibial nail). Assessment at 52 weeks revealed that there was no difference in clinical outcome between the two treatments. However, there appeared to be a tendency towards earlier fracture healing in the conventional/extensive reamed group.
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Was allocation adequately concealed?
Blinding Treatment Providers: Was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?
Blinding Outcome Assessors: Was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?
Blinding Patients: Was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?
Was loss to follow-up (missing outcome data) infrequent?
Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting?
Were outcomes objective, patient-important and assessed in a manner to limit bias (ie. duplicate assessors, Independent assessors)?
Was the sample size sufficiently large to assure a balance of prognosis and sufficiently large number of outcome events?
Was investigator expertise/experience with both treatment and control techniques likely the same (ie.were criteria for surgeon participation/expertise provided)?
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El Índice de Fragilidad es una herramienta que ayuda en la interpretación de hallazgos significativos, proporcionando una medida de fuerza para un resultado. El Índice de Fragilidad representa el número de eventos consecutivos que es necesario añadir a un resultado dicotómico para que el hallazgo deje de ser significativo. Un número pequeño representa un hallazgo más débil y un número grande un hallazgo más fuerte.
¿Por qué se necesitaba ahora este estudio?
The first treatment option for closed tibial fractures involves stabilization with reamed intramedullary nails; however, this treatment has been suggested to be detrimental to the endosteal circulation, potentially leading to higher rates of infection. One method to avoid this complication while still maintaining the osteogenic properties of reamed nailing involves minimal reaming. The authors who performed minimal reaming in an animal study suggested that this treatment could be advantageous for the stabilization of tibial fractures. Thus, this study aimed to compare the clinical effects of reamed and minimally reamed intramedullary nailing in closed tibial fractures.
¿Cuál era la pregunta principal de la investigación?
Did minimal reaming lead to similar clinical benefits when compared to extensive reaming for the treatment of tibial fractures, assessed at 52 weeks?
- The rate of complications was low in both groups, with 3 cases (6%) of additional fractures in the reamed group, and 7 cases (14%) in the minimally reamed group; the difference was not significant.
- While no superficial wound infection was observed, compartment syndrome occurred in 11 patients (22%) in the reamed group and 13 patients (26%) of the minimally reamed group; however, this difference was not significant.
- Union was observed earlier in the reamed group (17 weeks) in comparison to the minimally reamed group (19 weeks), where more reamed patients displayed healed fractures by 16 weeks (57%) versus minimally reamed patients (43%); however, this difference was not statistically significant.
- Although the reamed group restarted activities (such as running and training) earlier than the minimally reamed group, the difference was not statistically significance.
- No significant difference was observed between the two groups in respect to the range of motion of the knee, ankle, and subtalar joints.
- Pain (VAS) continually improved in the reamed group (4.0 +/- 1.8 at week 4 to 2.0 +/- 1.8 at week 52) and the minimally reamed group (4.0 +/- 2.3 at week 4 to 2.0 +/- 1.9 at week 52); there was no significant difference between both groups.
- In regards to knee pain complaints, more patients in the reamed group (17) expressed no pain compared to those in the minimally reamed group (12); however, this difference was not statistically significant.
¿Qué es lo que más debo recordar?
This study revealed that there were no significant differences in clinical outcome between extensive reaming and minimal reaming for tibial fractures. Both treatments led to similar improvements in pain and displayed no significant difference in complications. However, there appeared to be a tendency towards earlier fracture healing in the conventional/extensive reamed group.
¿Cómo afectará esto al cuidado de mis pacientes?
This study suggests that minimal reaming provides similar clinical benefits as extensive reaming. Future research will require a larger sample size to further examine these two treatments for closed tibial fractures.
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