Reamed Interlocking Nailing In Aseptic Non�union of tibia, A Prospective study.

Dr Mohammed Thanveeruddin Sherule; Dr Arun K; Dr Aneen Kutty.N

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

Reamed Interlocking Nailing In Aseptic Non�union of tibia, A Prospective study.

Dr Mohammed Thanveeruddin Sherule, Dr Arun K, Dr Aneen Kutty. N

Abstract :

Objective: To study the clinical and radiological outcome of reamed interlocking nailing in aseptic nonunion of tibia Materials and Method: We Prospectively evaluated 32 patients who had aseptic non–union of tibia between the period December 2011 to January 2015 at govt. medical college Kozhikode. All of the patients undergone reamed interlocking nailing after obtaining informed consent. Result: 29 non–unions(90.6%) went on for radiological union within a period of 8 months with an average time of 5.7 months from the time of nailing with most of them having excellent or good functional results. Conclusion: In the absence bone loss reamed interlocking nailing is an excellent method of treatment in aseptic tibial non–union.