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Elastic Intramedullary Nail Drainage in the Treatment of Long Bone Cyst with Pathological Fracture in Children

Received: 5 January 2023     Accepted: 29 January 2023     Published: 18 May 2023
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Background: Unilateral bone cyst (UBC) is a common lesion in children. Currently, the commonly used treatment methods for UBC have the defects of large surgical trauma and high recurrence rate. Objective: To investigate the effect of elastic intramedullary nail in the treatment of long bone cyst in children with pathological fracture. Methods: 11 patients with pathological fracture long bone cyst were treated with elastic intramedullary nail. There are 7 men and 4 women. The age ranged from 6 to 12 years, with a mean age of 7.6 years. There were 3 cases of proximal humerus, 2 cases of middle humerus, 1 case of whole humerus, 2 cases of proximal femur, 1 case of middle femur, and 2 cases of middle tibia. Results: t test was performed on the remaining static penetration area of the cyst measured at two adjacent time points using SPSS25 statistical software. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results All the 11 patients were followed up for 4 to 24 months, with an average of 12 months. The cyst healed in 4 cases (36.3%), the defect healed in 4 cases (36.3%), the healing rate was 72.7%, and 3 cases were sustained (1 case was followed up for 4 months). Discussion: Minimally invasive elastic nail fixation is effective in the treatment of bone cyst. However, the limitations of this study are influenced by the duration of follow-up, which is still ongoing for some UBC children. Long-term elastic titanium intramedullary nail implantation in the treatment of long bone cyst has the characteristics of single intervention, small injury, good stability and prevention of pathological fracture.

Published in Clinical Medicine Research (Volume 12, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.cmr.20231203.11
Page(s) 48-51
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Keywords

Elastic Intramedullary Nail, Internal Drainage, Bone Cyst, Pathological Fracture

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