Correlation between the Forearm plus Little Finger Length and the Femoral Length

Naik, Monappa A; Sujir, Premjit; Trıpathy, Sujit Kumar; Goyal, Tarun; Rao, Subba

doi:10.1177/230949901302100209

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“…These studies have compared different methods, though some studies have assessed a single method [23][24][25][26]. To our knowledge, no study has investigated nail size estimation in actual patients with tibia or femur fractures.…”

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Comparison of Pre-Surgery Methods of Intramedullary Nail Length Measurement: Determining the Best Estimation Method in Femur and Tibia Fractures

Zanderahimi¹,

A.R²,

Aazami³

et al. 2023

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Introduction: Tibia and femur fractures are common in orthopedics. Their standarad treatment is intramedullary nailing. This study investigated the best pre-surgery method for estimating the intramedullary nail length.Methods: First, we assessed intra-and inter-observer reliabilities by examining healthy volunteers. Then, we measured the presurgery intramedullary nail length of 82 patients with tibia and 25 patients with femur shaft fractures. This size was compared with the suitable nail length used at operation.Results: Almost all of the examined methods had "good" inter-and intra-observer reliability. In patients with femur fractures, the greater patella method had the best intraclass correlation coefficient (0.876) and the lowest standard error of measurement (0.777).In tibia fractures, medial malleolus-tubercle method had the best intraclass correlation coefficient (0.860) and the lowest standard error of measurement (0.602). Bland-Altman plots were created for the findings of the second part of the study. For femur fractures, 64% of the pre-surgery measurements with greater patella method were more than the actual nail used at operation. These percentages were 93% and 100% in olecranon fifth finger and greater-epicondyle methods, respectively. For tibia fractures, 40.9% of medial malleolus-tubercle, 37.3% of olecranon-metacarp and 65.06% of radiogram methods' measurements were more than the actual nail at operation. Conclusion:The medial malleolus-tuberosity method seems to be more accurate for tibia fractures. The greater patella method seems to be more accurate for femur fractures. However, we found no completely accurate method in the examined methods.

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Comparison of Pre-Surgery Methods of Intramedullary Nail Length Measurement: Determining the Best Estimation Method in Femur and Tibia Fractures

Zanderahimi¹,

A.R²,

Aazami³

et al. 2023

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“…Time spent in surgery and radiation exposure. This strategy could be used for surgical debriefing as well [9,10,11,12].…”

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Preoperative Measurement of Screw Nail Length to Make a Template For Surgery to Decrease Radiation Exposure and Surgical Time

Chhawra¹,

Jain²,

Singh³

et al. 2022

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Background: Orthopaedic surgeons always stress the need for a proper implant patient match in trauma surgery. The implant incongruity causes discomfort inaccurate load sharing aseptic loosening. The present study was undertaken to get an interpretation of implant size as a template preoperatively to be used to prevent radiation during surgery decrease surgical complications by decreasing surgical time and get abundance availability of implant stock. Materials and Methods: Qualitative data collection These data were collected from operated cases last 2 years of trauma cases Results: The coin technique, preoperatively nail measurement, and the average length of the implant was collected to get an interpretation of implant size as template preoperatively to be used in trauma fixation abetted to decrease surgical time and radiation exposure. Conclusions: Pre-operative measurement making template of intramedullary devices extramedullary devices by coin technique, preoperatively nail measurement and using mean data of operated cases reduces surgical time helped in reducing surgical complication and radiation exposure. Keywords: Template, Radiation exposure, Implant measurement

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Correlation between the length from the elbow to the distal interphalangeal joint of the little finger and the length of the intramedullary nail selected for femoral fracture fixation

Alao

Liew

Yates

et al. 2018

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Correlation between the Forearm plus Little Finger Length and the Femoral Length

Cited by 5 publications

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Comparison of Pre-Surgery Methods of Intramedullary Nail Length Measurement: Determining the Best Estimation Method in Femur and Tibia Fractures

Comparison of Pre-Surgery Methods of Intramedullary Nail Length Measurement: Determining the Best Estimation Method in Femur and Tibia Fractures

Preoperative Measurement of Screw Nail Length to Make a Template For Surgery to Decrease Radiation Exposure and Surgical Time

Correlation between the length from the elbow to the distal interphalangeal joint of the little finger and the length of the intramedullary nail selected for femoral fracture fixation

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