title: Percutaneous bone grafting for nonunion and delayed union of fractures of the tibial shaft.
abstract: Percutaneous bone grafting with a specially devised milling cutter was used in 21 patients with nonunion or delayed union of fractures of the tibial shaft. Union was obtained in 18. The technique is safe, simple and can be done under local anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhan
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mehara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome