Igor Kostić

Dr. Igor Kostić


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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2019 in Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
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IKIgor Kostić
Igor Kostić
MMMilan Mitković
Milan Mitković
MMMilorad Mitkovic
Milorad Mitkovic

1 January 2021 in Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
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IKIgor Kostić
Igor Kostić
SSasa Milenkovic
Sasa Milenkovic
MMMilorad B. Mitković
Milorad B. Mitković
Introduction/Objective. Angular stability and dynamic fixation are key factors to successful healing of femoral neck fractures. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of internal fixation of femoral neck fractures with two parallel self-tapping antirotation screws (SAF) compared to standard, three cannulated cancellous screws (CCS) fixation. Methods. In total 100 fractures were retrospectively analyzed, divided in two groups in which two SAF screws were used in parallel (n = 50) or three standard screws in an inverted triangle configuration (n = 50). The groups were compared with operation time, time of consolidation, femoral neck shortening, Harris hip score and reoperation rates. Results. SAF parallel fixation group of patients achieved consolidation rate of 86% compared to 74% in CCS fixation group, without statistically significant difference between the examined groups (p > 0,05). Dynamization of implants was significantly positively correlated with the fracture healing time in both examined groups (SAF: r = 0.324, p = 0.025; CCS: r = 0.572, p = 0.001), with significantly shorter healing time in SAF patients ? on average 15 weeks (15.02 ? 1.44) in relation to the CCS group of patients ? 19 weeks (19.81 ? 2.94) (?2/z = 7.048, p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in the Harris hip score and reoperation rate among the study groups (?2 = 2.44, p = 0.487; ?2 = 0.500, p = 0.696). Conclusion. Our results suggested that dual parallel fixation is simpler, less invasive and it demands less performance time. It is not inferior to fixation with three screws, from the point of biomechanics, possible complications, healing and functional recovery.