Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 7 Studies of using multiple fine pins in stable slips
Study | Patients | Hips | AVN | CL | FAI | OA | Patient satisfactiona | Other complications | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aronson [44] | 39 | 54 | 2 | 3 | NR | 18 | 27 excellent 13 good 0 fair 13 poor 1 failure | 13 patients had pin protruding through the back of the neck | 4 acute and 50 chronic 34 mild, 14 moderate and 6 severe HHC |
Blanco [45] | NR | 25 | 1 | 0 | NR | NR | NR | 8 metalware problems 1 growing off 4 reoperation | 1 preslip, 4 acute, 6 acute on chronic, 12 chronic 11 mild, 9 moderate, 4 severe 7 CRIF |
Carney [47] | NR | 37 | 3 | 1 | NR | NR | 3 acute and 34 chronic Reduction and pinning resulted in a mean ISH of 75 points, 2 AVN, 1 CL. Pinning in situ resulted in a mean IHS of 85 points, 1 AVN, 0 CL IHS for chronic slips 86 and 93 for acute slips | ||
Dreghorn [56] | NR | 66 | 0 | 2 | NR | 0 | NR | 1 growing off fixation | 51 mild, 14 moderate and 1 severe |
Gonzalez-Moran [43] | 28 | 31 | 0 | 3 | NR | NR | NR | 4 wound infection 9 metalware problems | 1 acute, 4 acute on chronic and 26 chronic 0 preslip, 15 mild, 12 moderate and 4 severe |
Zahrawi [42] | NR | 60 | 0 | 2 | NR | NR | 49 excellent 6 good 0 fair 3 poor 2 failure | 2 metalware problems 1 further slipping 3 wound infection 2 needed further surgery | Severity (mean slip angle 22) Chronicity and stability NR LOS 17 Duration of surgery 90 min Blood loss 250 ml HHC |
Total | NR | 273 | 6 | 11 | 76 (67%) excellent 19 (17%) good 0 (0%) fair 16 (14%) poor 3 (3%) failure | AVN rate 2.2% (6/273) CL rate 4% (11/273) FAI (NR) OA 15% (18/120) |