Non union long bones treated with Rigid fixation and autogenous bone grafting. A Series of 50 Cases
Journal Title: International Journal of Biomedical Research - Year 2015, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction :The surgical treatment of aseptic nonunion often represents a more challenging situation for the orthopaedic surgeon than treatment of the primary fracture. In fact, it may be necessary not only to rivitalize the nonunion area, but also to exchange the bone fixationdevices and to place some refill material in the bone gap. Objective: To study the Non-union long bones treated with Rigid fixation and autogenous bone grafting Materials and methods: We present the results of 50 casesof long bone nonunion that havebeen treated in a period of 3 years (20112013) by openapproach to the nonunion site withautologous bone graft interposition. The site 11humerus, 9 forearm, 12 femur, 18 tibia and the type of nonunion (42 atrophic, 8 hypertrophic)was considered in the surgicalplanning as were the mechanic and biological problems. Newosteosynthesis was performed in50 cases: with plate and screws in 29 cases, with intramedullary nails in 16 cases, with external fixators in 2 cases and with only bonegrafting in 3 cases. Bone graft,always autologous from the iliaccrest was used in 48 cases and fibula with iliac graft was used in 2 cases. Result: Healing of the nonunion was successful in 49cases in a mean time of 9.8 weeks with few complications which was easily manageable and did not hinder the functional result. Conclusion:Autogenous Cortico-Cancellous Bone graft & Rigid Fixation still Gold Standard Treatment for Non-Unions in the era of Vascularised Bone Grafts.
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Ramprasad R. , Ankur Mittal, Biju R. , SivaPrasad Y. , GaneshKumar Reddy M. , Sunil Santosh
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