Treatment Tactics and Complications After Surgical Treatment of HIV-Infected Patients With Extra-Articular Fractures of the Long Bones of Extremities

Abstract

The aim of the study is the comparative analysis of the long-term results of treatment of extra-articular fractures of the long bones in HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected patients.Material and methods. In the presented study, a comparative analysis of the results of surgical treatment of 90 HIV-infected and 112 HIV-uninfected patients with extra-articular fractures of the long bones of the extremities aged from 23 to 54 years was performed.Results. HIV-infected patients are mainly characterized by non-infectious complications from the postoperative wound (formation of seromas, hematomas, dehiscence of the edges of wounds, delayed healing), aseptic loosening and migration of fixators, and delayed consolidation of fractures. The presence of statistically significant relationships between the factors characterizing the course of HIV infection (stage of the disease, the number of CD4 + lymphocytes, the ratio of CD4/CD8 + lymphocytes, viral load) and the risk of postoperative complications was revealed.Conclusion. Thus, the use of standard algorithms for determining the tactics and method of treatment of extra-articular fractures of the long bones of the extremities in HIV-infected patients leads to a significant number of unsatisfactory treatment results (up to 31.1%). For HIV-infected patients, the most typical complications are postoperative wounds, impaired fracture consolidation processes and aseptic loosening of metal fixators, which can lead to the development of infectious complications without proper attention. Expansion of research in this area with an increase in the number of observed contingents will make it possible to develop a scientifically based scale for predicting the development of possible postoperative complications in this category of patients.