Population characteristics, outcomes, and centerwide insights of the Zimbabwe national experience with the SIGN intramedullary nail (2013–2020)
Sibindi C, Mushambwe T, Mageza A, Socci A. Population characteristics, outcomes, and centerwide insights of the Zimbabwe national experience with the SIGN intramedullary nail (2013–2020). International Orthopaedics 2021, 46: 89-96. PMID: 34424393, DOI: 10.1007/s00264-021-05167-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSIGN Online Surgical DatabaseRoad traffic accidentsIntramedullary nailFracture fixationSIGN intramedullary nailMajority of patientsFemur fracture fixationVolume of patientsSIGN nailClinical outcomesOperative fixationRetrospective reviewSurgical databaseCommon causeSafe surgeryPopulation characteristicsPatientsSurgeryCommon procedureDifferent centersAverage timeNailOutcomesTraffic accidentsFixation