Compression-distraction in the treatment of no union using the Ilizarov apparatus.
Case report
Abstract
The Ilizarov method with its different variants and using its device developed in the 50's is still valid, especially in the treatment of fracture complications, mainly those related to infection and consolidation difficulties. We report 2 adult patients with a diagnosis of hypertrophic, rigid nonunion (less than 5-7º of movement), with deformity, without active infection and without dysmetria treated by the distraction and compression method performed with the Ilizarov apparatus at the National Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology. In both cases, the alignment and consolidation of the limb was achieved with few complications.
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