Infected tibial nonunions: Treatment by the Ilizarov method - multicentric study
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The treatment of infected tibial nonunion by bone transport using the Ilizarov external fixator and a systematic review of infected tibial nonunion treated by Ilizarov methods.
BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment of infected tibial nonunion by bone transport using the Ilizarov external fixator. We retrospectively reviewed 66 patients with infected tibial nonunion treated by bone transport using the Ilizarov external fixator. Our study included 62 males and 4 females with a mean of age 37.06 years. The average length of the...
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conclusions our results in terms of asami scores are comparable with the published literature. furthermore, our return to work is better than most european studies (63%). all our patients said they would have the procedure again. we attribute this success partly to the multidisciplinary approach. we recommend early referral to a dedicated unit if there is any evidence of a non-:union:. results ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh1202065v