title: Percutaneous fixation of comminuted fractures of the femur and tibia. Preliminary study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present initial experience of treating patients with comminuted fractures of the diaphyseal and metaphyseal areas of the femur and tibia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen patients were involved in the study. All the 16 patients (11 males and 5 females, average age 34 years) with closed, comminuted fractures of femur (n = 9) and tibia (n = 7) were operated on using the principle of minimal access surgery and biological fixation that maximally preserved the soft tissues and fracture hematoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the fractures united, operated limbs had good function, and no complications occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings indicate that minimal access surgery is a useful fixation method in the treatment of comminuted diaphyseal and metaphyseal fractures of the femur and tibia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Al Razi Hospital, Kuwait. pospulawieslaw@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Wieslaw
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pospula
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abu Al Noor
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ezzat
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdul Malak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*