Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The effect of proximal femoral anti-rotation nail fixation in repair of intertrochanteric fracture is better than the other fixation materials. Unarmed inserting guided needle plays an important role for the quality of intertrochanteric fracture fixation. At present, there have been short of fast and accurate methods for inserting femoral canal guided needle from trochanter.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the operating skills and application value of unarmed inserting guided needle in the process of proximal femoral anti-rotation nail Ⅱ fixation in repair of intertrochanteric fracture.
METHODS: Standard operating procedures of guided needle inserting were established. The location of the 
guided needle was correct or was not judged through discriminating the feeling of inserting into the tip of femoral canal guided needle from trochanter. Slight resistance prompted that guided needle was in correct position. The guided needle closed to the medial femoral cortex and moved downward in the medullary cavity. The guided needle was confirmed in the correct position by the perspective of C-arm in positive side position. This process was just one lateral perspective. Smoothly without resistance prompted that if the guided needle was out of the medullary cavity, the direction of the inserting needle needed to be changed, without perspective. The resistance would be large if the needle tip piercing the medial femoral cortical bone, at this moment, the direction of the needle needed to be adjusted; or was blocked by malreduction of fracture or the free fracture block off the medullary cavity; at this moment, fracture ends needed to be further restored. The surgery time, the time required to complete the guided needle inserting, the amount of bleeding, weight-bearing ambulation time and complications of 19 patients with intertrochanteric fracture treated by proximal femoral anti-rotation nail Ⅱ fixation were statistically analyzed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The average completed time for internal fixation was 45 minutes, the average desired time for guided needle inserting was 80 seconds, the average blood loss was 100 mL. There was no wound infection, or pressure sore formation. The shimoji time was an average of six weeks after treatment. All patients were followed up for 4-9 months. Three patients needed crutches to walk before treatment, and after three months of treatment, they returned to the pre-exercise levels of injury. These results suggest that the procedure of unarmed inserting the guided needle provides guidance for the quick and correct completion of needle inserting, so as to enhance the internal fixation quality of proximal femoral anti-rotation nail Ⅱ in repair of intertrochanteric fracture, with a high reliability. It can significantly reduce the number of perspective, shorten surgery time, reduce the amount of bleeding and reduce complications. 
 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：人工关节；骨植入物；脊柱；骨折；内固定；数字化骨科；组织工程