Khalid Mahmood, Farooq Azam Khan, Waqas Ali, Syed Saqib Raza.
Mean time to union of open tibial fractures after using autogenous bone graft as primary procedure.
J Sharif Med Dent Coll Jan ;1(2):59-62.

Objective: To determine mean time to union of open tibial fractures after using autogenous bone graft as a primary procedure. Methodology: It was a Descriptive study conducted in the Emergency unit of orthopaedics department, Jinnah Hospital Lahore. Study duration was six months. Eighty patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in this study. Non-probability, purposive sampling was used. Results: Out of 80 patients, 75(94%) patients had good results in terms of soft tissue healing and fracture union. Thirty three patients had union time of 28 weeks and 13(16%) had union time of 27 weeks while union time ranged between 25-40 weeks with mean time to union of 28.55 weeks. Conclusion: Primary autogenous bone graft is a simple and effective method to achieve union in primarily applied external fixators in open tibial fractures in properly selected patients. Keywords: autogenous bone graft. External fixator: Open fractures. Union.

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