Functional bracing in the treatment of delayed union and nonunion of the tibia
| Autor: | Loren L. Latta, Augusto Sarmiento, William E. Burkhalter |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Nonunion Bone healing Osteotomy Fracture Fixation Internal Injury Severity Score medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Tibia Fibula Ostectomy Fractures Malunited Aged Pain Measurement Fracture Healing Original Paper Bone Transplantation Braces business.industry Recovery of Function Middle Aged medicine.disease equipment and supplies musculoskeletal system Prognosis Surgery Radiography Tibial Fractures surgical procedures operative Fractures Ununited Orthopedic surgery Female business |
| Popis: | We treated 16 delayed unions and 57 nonunions of the tibial diaphysis with a below-the-knee functional brace. In 48 cases, bracing was preceded by fibular ostectomy, and ten patients had an additional bone graft. We were able to follow 67 patients, of whom six (8.7%) failed to respond to treatment. In patients with nonunion, bony healing occurred with a median of 4 months. There was no difference in the speed of healing according to the level of the defect. Shortening of the limb following ostectomy of the fibula had a mean of 3 mm in the delayed-union group and 5 mm in the nonunion group. |
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