• 1. Department of Orthopedics, Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi Shandong, 276000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Orthopedics, the First Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University;
  • 3. Department of Orthopedics, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University;
QUYanlong, Email: qyl-24@163.com
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Objective To investigate the feasibil ity and effectiveness of the modified traction arch of skull (crossbar traction arch) for skull traction in treating cervical spine injury by comparing with traditional traction arch of skull. Methods Between June 2009 and June 2013, 90 patients with cervical vertebrae fractures or dislocation were treated with modified skull traction surgery (trial group, n=45) and traditional skull traction surgery (control group, n=45). There was no significant difference in gender, age, injury types, injury level, the interval between injury and admission, and Frankel grading of spinal injury between 2 groups (P>0.05). The cl inical efficacy was evaluated after operation by the indexes such as traction arch sl i ppage times, operation time, the infection incidence of the pin hole, incidence of skull perforation, visual analogue scale (VAS), and reduction status of cervical dislocation. Results The traction arch slippage times, the infection incidence of the pin hole, operation time, blood loss, and postoperative VAS score in trial group were significantly lower than those in control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of skull perforation caused by clamp crooks of traction arch between 2 groups (P=1.000). At 2 weeks after operation, the patients had no headaches, infections, or other complications in 2 groups. In patients with cervical dislocation, 4 of the trial group and 6 of the control group failed to be reset, the reduction rate was 83.33% (20/24) and 68.42% (13/19) respectively, showing no significant difference (χ2=0.618, P=0.432). Conclusion The operation with modified traction arch of skull has significant advantages to reduce postoperative complication compared with tradition traction arch of skull.

Citation: LEIXing, WANGHuan, SONGYang, QUYanlong. APPLICATION OF MODIFIED TRACTION ARCH OF SKULL IN SKULL TRACTION. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2014, 28(12): 1474-1478. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20140319 Copy

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