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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 100-B, Issue SUPP_8 | Pages 30 - 30
1 May 2018
Sadekar V Moulder E Hadland Y Barron E Sharma H
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Introduction

Fracture and deformity after frame removal is a known risk in 9–14.5% of patients after circular frame treatment. The aims of this study were to assess the effectiveness of our staged protocol for frame removal and risk factors for the protocol failure.

Methods and materials

We identified 299 consecutive patients who underwent circular frame fixation for fracture or deformity correction in our unit from our prospective database. All 247 patients who followed the staged frame removal protocol were included in this study. We reviewed the electronic clinical record and radiographs of each patient to record demographics, risk factors for treatment failure and outcome following frame removal. We defined failure of the protocol as a re-fracture or change in bony alignment within 12 weeks of frame removal. Results underwent statistical analysis using Chi square analysis.