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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 343-350Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-019-02553-w
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Tibia fracture; Intramedullary nail; Biomechanics; Interlocking screw; Fracture obliquity; Screw configuration; Compressive loading
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The indications for the use of intramedullary (IM) nails have been extended to include extra-articular distal metaphyseal tibia fractures. We hypothesize that interfragmentary motion during physiologic compressive loading of distal tibia fractures is influenced by fracture obliquity and can be modulated by interlocking screw configuration. Sawbone specimens were osteotomized with frontal plane obliquities ranging from 0 degrees to 60 degrees and then fixed by IM nailing with six interlocking screw configurations. Interfragmentary motion was evaluated during loading in axial compression to 1000 N. Comparisons of interfragmentary motions were made (1) between configurations for the various fracture obliquities and (2) between fracture obliquities for the various screw configurations using a mixed-effects regression model. As the degree of fracture obliquity increased, significantly more interfragmentary displacement was shown in configurations with two distal interlocking screws and one proximal screw set in dynamic mode. Fracture obliquity beyond 30 degrees causes demonstrated instability in configurations with less than two distal locking screws and one proximal locking screw. Optimizing the available screw configurations can minimize fracture site motion and shear in distal tibial fractures with larger fracture obliquities.
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