OBJECTIVES To evaluate the treatment of severe proximal femoral epiphysiolysis through subtrochanteric osteotomy using the Ilizarov method and to propose a new method for calculating the necessary correction. METHODS A case study was carried out among patients affected by severe proximal femoral epiphysiolysis who underwent subtrochanteric osteotomy with external multiplanar fixation and were...

BACKGROUND Treatment options for comminuted tibial shaft fractures include plating, intramedullary nailing, and external fixation. No biomechanical comparison between an interlocking tibia nail with external fixation by an Ilizarov frame has been reported to date. In the present study, we compared the fatigue behaviour of Ilizarov frames to interlocking intramedullary nails in a comminuted tibi...

A unique combination of external and internal fixation techniques, for a fibular lengthening procedure using the Ilizarov method is described. The technique is minimally invasive, allows precise deformity correction, enables early weight bearing, and minimizes the time that the patient wears the external fixator. Introduction Bone lengthening procedures have, over time, been approached in a var...

AIM To evaluate the results of the Ilizarov method in management of cases with bone loss, soft tissue loss and infection. METHODS Twenty eight patients with severe leg trauma complicated by bone loss, soft tissue loss and infection were managed by distraction osteogenesis in our institution. After radical debridement of all the infected and dead tissues the Ilizarov frame was applied, cortico...

To the Editor: We would like to compliment Levine et al on their case report “Removal of a Broken Cannulated Tibial Nail: A Simple Intramedullary Technique” (J Orthop Trauma 2004;18:247– 249) and Steinberg et al on their technical trick “Removal of a Broken Distal Closed Section Intramedullary Nail: Report of a Case Using a Simple Method” (J Orthop Trauma 2004;18:233–235). The problem of a brok...

Authors report the results they obtained when the Ilizarov circular external fixator was used for the treatment of post-traumatic nonunion of the tibia. A total of 20 patients were treated. Of these 12 had been submitted to treatment elsewhere and using other methods; 9 presented with septic nonunion; 10 revealed radiographic findings of atrophic nonunion, and 10 were hypertrophic. There was ax...

We reviewed 28 patients treated with partial fibulectomy combined with an Ilizarov compression frame for a non-infected tibial delayed union or non-union. Patient data, time to referral, type of fracture (open or closed), type of non-union (atrophic or hypertrophic) and period of treatment were recorded. Neither time to referral, type of fracture or type of non-union did adversely affect the du...

The treatment of tibial plafond fractures requires careful management of the soft tissue envelope, reconstruction of the articular surface and stable fixation with minimal additional damage. Thirty cases of AO type 43 C tibial fractures were treated by transosseous osteosynthesis (Ilizarov technique). The external fixator constructs used were Ilizarov (Transosseous osteosynthesis: theoretical a...

The technique of compression distraction induced osteogenesis via the Ilizarov external fixator system has been used for a variety of traumatic limb pathologies that necessitate boney union and limb preservation. In this case report, we describe an uncommon scenario were an Ilizarov external fixator was used to treat an infected nonunion following a below knee amputation.

Objective The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical and functional outcome in treatment of infected tibial nonunion by the Ilizarov method. Methods The authors retrospectively analyzed 42 patients with infected tibial nonunion with bone loss; shortening and deformity treated at this institution during the period of February 2012 to April 2015 were included in the study. The results wer...