Treatment of humeral nonunions with the Ilizarov technique.
Eighteen patients with nonunions of the humerus were treated by the Ilizarov method at the General Hospital in Lecco, Italy, between 1982-1989. This report is based upon 16 of those patients. The results are encouraging. Union was achieved in 14 patients. There were two failures: one patient had been irradiated 14 years earlier for what was thought to be plasmocytoma of the proximal humerus; the other had a humeral nonunion of the proximal third with advanced disuse osteopenia of the surrounding bone. Complications were few, and none compromised the achievement of union.
Catagni
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MA
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Lecco General Hospital, Italy.
Guerreschi
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F
Probe
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RA
D000328:Adult; D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged