title: Treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis with the Ilizarov technique.
abstract: Four patients with congenital pseudarthrosis in neurofibromatosis were treated with percutaneous transosseous fixation according to the Ilizarov method. Three tibias were first treated unsuccessfully with a Sofield procedure. After application of the Ilizarov fixator, consolidation was obtained in two cases after 6 and 19 months, respectively. A fourth case consisted of a congenital pseudarthrosis of the ulna, primarily treated with the Ilizarov system, which showed advanced consolidation after 4 months.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery