[Treatment of compound C2 tibial shaft fracture with Polfix fixator in the pillar version]. / Leczenie zlaman zlozonych trzonu kosci piszczelowej typu C2 sposobem Polfix w wersji filarowej.

ABSTRACT

Pillar version of POLFIX fixator for treatment of compound C2 tibial shaft fractures presented. The method was employed in 9 cases and in 8 of them (89%) the fracture healed within 32 weeks on an average. In 1 case of IIIB open fracture infection developed and no union has been achieved. The fixator can be designed preoperatively; there is no need to dismantle the template when drilling, tapping or inserting screws what makes an osteosynthesis easy. The method may be used also in metaphyseal fractures. Pillar version of POLFIX fixator proved useful in treatment of compound tibial fractures.