Journal article
Critical-Sized Defect in the Tibia
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the SPRINT definition of a "critical-sized defect" (fracture gap at least 1 cm in length and involving over 50% of the cortical diameter) was accurate, to discern which factors predict reoperation in patients with these defects, and to compare the patient-based outcomes of these patients with patients without a critical defect.
DESIGN: Therapeutic Cohort Study.
Authors
Sanders DW; Bhandari M; Guyatt G; Heels-Ansdell D; Schemitsch EH; Swiontkowski M; Tornetta P; Walter S
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 28, No. 11, pp. 632–635
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 2014
DOI
10.1097/bot.0000000000000194
ISSN
0890-5339