Treatment of nonunion of the tibia with a capacitively coupled electrical field.
An electrical field was induced in a recalcitrant nonunion of the tibia by a symmetrical, sinusoidal signal of 5 volts peak-to-peak amplitude and 60 KHz frequency applied through surface electrodes with the power supply strapped to the thigh. After 6 months of treatment in a short leg cast, the nonunion healed.
D000328:Adult; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing