title: [Treatment of femoral fracture with the Ilisarov fixator].
abstract: From July 1990 to December 1991, femoral fractures in seven patients were stabilized using the Ilisarov apparatus. Second-degree open communited fractures in four patients were stabilized primarily by this technique. Three other patients suffered from redislocations following internal fixation (n = 2) or a refracture (n = 1). The average duration of fixation in shaft fractures (n = 3) was 21 weeks, in supracondylar fractures (n = 4), 13.5 weeks. The fixation period we observed was thus shorter than that reported for other external fixation devices. Because of the complications that were noticed, however, the Ilisarov technique should only be used in particular cases.
authors: Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg.
authors: H R
authors: HR
authors: Kortmann
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Papenhagen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Die Frakturbehandlung des Femurs mit dem Ilisarow-Fixateur.