Three predictive scores compared in a retrospective multicenter study of nonunion tibial shaft fracture

作     者：Davide Quarta Marco Grassi Giuliano Lattanzi Antonio Pompilio Gigante Alessio D'Anca Domenico Potena 

作者机构：Clinical OrthopedicsDepartment of Clinical and Molecular ScienceUniversitàPolitecnica Delle MarcheAncona 60126Italy Department of Information and EngineeringUniversitàPolitecnica delle MarcheAncona 60121Italy 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Orthopedics》 (世界骨科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第15卷第6期

页      面：560-569页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Trauma Bone Tibial fracture Nonunion Scores Prediction model 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Delayed union,malunion,and nonunion are serious complications in the healing of *** the risk of nonunion before or after surgery is *** To compare the most prevalent predictive scores of nonunion used in clinical practice to determine the most accurate score for predicting *** We collected data from patients with tibial shaft fractures undergoing surgery from January 2016 to December 2020 in three different trauma *** this retrospective multicenter study,we considered only fractures treated with intramedullary *** calculated the tibia FRACTure prediction healING days(FRACTING)score,Nonunion Risk Determination score,and Leeds-Genoa Nonunion Index(LEG-NUI)score at the time of definitive *** Of the 130 patients enrolled,89(68.4%)healed within 9 months and were classified as *** remaining patients(n=41,31.5%)healed after more than 9 months or underwent other surgical procedures and were classified as *** calculation of the three scores,LEG-NUI and FRACTING were the most accurate at predicting *** LEG-NUI and FRACTING showed the best performances by accurately predicting union and nonunion.