title: [Treatment of aseptic post-traumatic pseudarthrosis].
abstract: We report our first experience of using the Ilisarov technique in the treatment of ten patients with aseptic nonunions of fractures. In nine cases there was a nonunion of the tibia. One 76-year-old woman suffered from a nonunion of a supracondylar fracture of the humerus with concomitant rheumatoid arthritis. In this case, treatment failed. In two other cases we had to change the procedure. The mean duration of fixation for the successful cases was 22 weeks. The Ilisarov technique is sophisticated and needs special experience but has advantages in difficult cases.
authors: Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg.
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Schultz
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Ortel
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Müller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Die Behandlung von aseptischen posttraumatischen Pseudarthrosen.