Capacitively coupled electrical field in the treatment of a leg fracture after total knee replacement.
Electrical stimulation has been used as treatment for nonunions of fractures since the early 1950s, with a reported success rate of 80-85%. We report a case of nonunion of a tibial fracture below a revised total knee prosthesis treated with a capacitively coupled electrical field. After 3 months of treatment, consolidation of this difficult fracture was evident with abundant callus formation.
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Central Hospital, Finland.
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002146:Bony Callus; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016474:Weight-Bearing