Abstract
The aim of the present study was to compare the amount of blood loss between Gamma nail and DHS operative procedures in treating fractures N.O.F.
Material and Method: thirty patients 81 years of age (average), suffering from N.O.F. fracture were divided in two groups, depending on sex, age, weight and type of fracture, in such way that for every patient operated using one procedure there was a similar one treated with the other one (pairing). The admission and discharge Ht, the blood unites needed for the whole patients hospitalization time were compared.
Statistically T-test, Pearson chi square – Fisher exact test were used.
Results: The average age for the Gamma nail group and DHS group were 82 yrs (sd=11,5) and 81,3 (sd=10,6), the admission Ht 36,9% (sd=4,0) and 36,72% (3,27) and the discharge Ht. was 33,2% (sd=2) and 34,9% (sd=2.9) respectively. For the first group (Gamma nail) 2.3 (sd=1.1) units of blood were used, compared to 2.4 (sd=0.7) for the second one (DHS). There was no statistical difference concerning the age and the population sample, the admission and discharge Ht, and the blood units needed between these two groups.
Conclusion: There is no difference concerning blood loss between Gamma nail and DHS in treating fractures N.O.F.
The abstracts were prepared by Eleni Koutsoukou. Correspondence should be addressed to him at the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (HAOST), 20, A. Fleming str, 15123 Marousi, Athens, Greece.
