Fracture Surgery
What is a Fracture?
Fractures are very common; it is a medical term for a broken bone. It may be no more than a crack, a crumpling or a splintering of the cortex; more often the break is complete. The resulting bone fragments may be displaced or undisplaced.
If the overlying skin stays unchanged, it is a closed fracture; if the skin of one of the body cavities is breached, it is an open fracture ( also known as a compound fracture ), liable to contamination and illness. Dr. Vishwajeet Chavan is one of the best fracture surgeon in Baner, Pune.
How long does a fracture take to unite?
Fracture Healing:
Factors Affecting Fracture Healing:
Various local and systemic factors affect the duration and effectiveness of the healing process. Abnormalities in any of these areas may lead to abnormally slow healing (delayed union) or failure to heal (non union). These include:
Systemic Factors:
- Age: Children heal more quickly than adults; the healing potential is decreased with advancing age
- Nutrition: Poor nutrition and/or vitamin deficiency adversely affects healing
- General health: Chronic illness depresses healing response (diabetes, anemia, systemic infection)
- Generalized atherosclerosis: Decreases healing
- Hormonal factors: Growth hormone enhances healing; corticosteroids depress healing
- Drugs: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. ibuprofen) depress healing
- Smoking: Decreases healing
Local factors:
- Degree of local trauma/bone loss: A comminuted fracture with more soft tissue injury is slower to heal
- Area of bone affected: Metaphyseal fractures heal faster than diaphyseal
- Abnormal bone (infection, tumour, irradiated): Slower to heal
- Degree of immobilization of fracture: Motion at site delays healing
- Disruption of vascular supply: Delays healing
Surgical Management of Fracture:
There are certain fracture management surgeries to treat the condition that arise through several bone fracture:
- Open Surgery at Fracture Management Clinic in Pune: During the procedure the surgeon, after the anaesthesia has been injected into the patient, makes a cut to open up the area where the fracture has occurred. In order to fix the bone in its place, the surgeon moves the bone back into their usual position. It is called reduction (reducing the fracture). Next, the surgeon uses a combination of metal, wires, pin, screws, plates and rods to safely fix the bones in the place. These are made up of stainless steel, high-strength alloy metal or titanium. The metal rods and nails are fixed inside your bones and the screws and metal plates attached with its surface. These materials are designed to work as per the requisition of the body so that they do not cause an allergic reaction. After the surgery, the surgeon closed your skin using stitches or staple.
- Surgery for External Fixation: In this surgical management, the surgeon drills the pins through the skin of the patient and into the bone of the above and below of break areas. After that, they join them together with a metal bar which is located on the outside of your body. It properly stabilizes your bone and ascertains that it heals in the appropriate position.
External fractures are often applied in the management of tibial fractures. It can also be used with the closed fractures, such as unstable radius fracture and avoid in the deeper bone such as femur or humerus.
Keyhole Fracture Management Surgery:
During the keyhole operation, the surgeon makes cuts in your skin and inserts supporting plates to fix the break. Knee arthroscopy is an example of keyhole surgery. The patient recovers much faster as compared to open surgery. However, it is not a perfect solution for all kinds of broken bones.
How to book an Appointment?
Dr. Vishwajeet R. Chavan at Divine Cure Orthopedic Clinic provides the best treatment for various joint & fracture surgery in Baner Pune. For more information about our comprehensive treatment options, or to request an appointment with the best orthopedic doctor in Pune call 9022557808 or Click on Book Appointment for online booking.