TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced fixation with hydroxyapatite coated pins
AU - Moroni, Antonio
AU - Aspenberg, Per
AU - Toksvig-Larsen, Soren
AU - Falzarano, Gabriele
AU - Giannini, Sandro
PY - 1998/1
Y1 - 1998/1
N2 - Three groups of seven patients had external fixation of middiaphyseal tibial fractures using uncoated pins, uncoated bicylindrical pins, and hydroxyapatite coated bicylindrical pins, respectively. All fractures were fixed with six pins, and all fractures united. Median pin insertion torque was 0.6, 1.2, and 1.3 Nm in the three groups, respectively. Median extraction torque was 0.1, 0.1, and 2.1 Nm, respectively. Both types of stainless steel pins showed a lower extraction torque than insertion torque in all cases, whereas the mean extraction torque in the hydroxyapatite coated pins was unchanged. Seven of the 14 patients receiving uncoated pins had pin tract infection, compared with none of the patients receiving hydroxyapatite coated pins. Hydroxyapatite coating of external fixation pins increases stability and thereby reduces the risk for pin tract infection and mechanical failure of fracture fixation.
AB - Three groups of seven patients had external fixation of middiaphyseal tibial fractures using uncoated pins, uncoated bicylindrical pins, and hydroxyapatite coated bicylindrical pins, respectively. All fractures were fixed with six pins, and all fractures united. Median pin insertion torque was 0.6, 1.2, and 1.3 Nm in the three groups, respectively. Median extraction torque was 0.1, 0.1, and 2.1 Nm, respectively. Both types of stainless steel pins showed a lower extraction torque than insertion torque in all cases, whereas the mean extraction torque in the hydroxyapatite coated pins was unchanged. Seven of the 14 patients receiving uncoated pins had pin tract infection, compared with none of the patients receiving hydroxyapatite coated pins. Hydroxyapatite coating of external fixation pins increases stability and thereby reduces the risk for pin tract infection and mechanical failure of fracture fixation.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9577425
AN - SCOPUS:0031963853
SP - 171
EP - 177
JO - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
JF - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
SN - 0009-921X
IS - 346
ER -