Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UMLS:C0029713 (
immaturity
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The excellent biocompatibility of
titanium
and its alloys may result in osseointegration. In order to determine if this presents an obstacle to removal of intramedullary nails, we retrospectively reviewed a series of 45 cases of isolated removal of a femoral nail. Indications for removal were persistent pain and discomfort, request of an asymptomatic patient, or skeletal
immaturity
. Twenty-three nails were
titanium
, and 22 were stainless steel. Although removal of the
titanium
nails had a significantly longer operative time (110 vs. 84 min), analysis of variance indicated that this was due to a greater number of crosslocking screws in the
titanium
nails (2.2 vs. 0.6) and a tendency to set the
titanium
nails deeper in the femur. The use of the
titanium
material per se did not pose a risk factor for difficulty in late removal of an intramedullary nail.
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PMID:Removal of intramedullary nails from the femur: a review of 45 cases. 891 19
