TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional bracing in the treatment of delayed union and nonunion of the tibia
AU - Sarmiento, Augusto
AU - Burkhalter, William E.
AU - Latta, Loren L.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We treated 16 delayed unions and 57 non-unions 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 non-union group.
AB - We treated 16 delayed unions and 57 non-unions 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 non-union group.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00264-002-0405-x
DO - 10.1007/s00264-002-0405-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12582805
AN - SCOPUS:0038651158
VL - 27
SP - 26
EP - 29
JO - International Orthopaedics
JF - International Orthopaedics
SN - 0341-2695
IS - 1
ER -