*Corresponding Author: BA Gopala Krishna, Department of Orthopaedics, Manipal hospitals and Dr GK’s Advanced Bone and Joint Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Received: January 21, 2025; Published: March 31, 2025

Abstract

Background: Most orthopaedic injuries have been successfully stabilized from ages with usage of metallic implants. Most often they result in favourable outcomes. But at times the metallic implant itself becomes the source of problem in management of these injuries. It may in the form of loosening, migration, soft tissue penetration and infection. Also many a times a second surgery is required to remove the metallic implants due to any of the above mentioned complications.

Efforts have been made to avoid usage of metallic implants by many surgeons. This study includes many orthopaedic injuries that were stabilized without metallic implants and some of these injuries are not managed by NMF by many and no mention has been made about them in other studies.

Results: Our study included 25 orthopaedic injuries operated upon by a single surgeon and followed up for a mean time of 18 months . Among these cases only 2 cases required extended antibiotic coverage due to superficial surgical site infection. There were no complications related to the nonmetallic fixation technique or instances of loss of reduction. All injuries healed satisfactorily leading to good functional outcomes. None required a 2nd operation.

Conclusion:NMF of selected orthopaedic injuries results in satisfactory functional outcomes as comparable to MF methods. But incidence of complication are significantly less. NMF, almost always avoids a second surgery for implant removal as may be the case in MF.

Keywords: Neuroprotective; Lemon Pickle; Citrus limon; Citrus Phytochemicals; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Cognitive Function; Nimbu Achar; Neurotherapeutic Spices

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Citation

Citation: BA Gopala Krishna. “Non-Metallic Stabilization of Orthopaedic Injuries-A Case Study".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 8.4 (2025): 07-11.

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