Extensimetric monitoring of healing in the treatment with the Ilizarov apparatus. A multicenter clinical trial.
The results of a multicentric review are reported using the extensimetric instrumentation applied to the Ilizarov device. This clinical trial the follows same theoretical and experimental preliminary studies, outlines the advantages and current limits of the method, and sets the bases for further clinical and experimental research.
Ceffa
R
R
Orthopaedic Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy.
Bombelli
M
M
Boero
S
S
Marrè Brunenghi
G
G
Mora
R
R
Belluatti
A
A
Piovani
L
L
Iacobellis
C
C
Susanna
M
M
Guerreschi
F
F
Perissinotto
A
A
D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D004867:Equipment Design; D016267:External Fixators; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018889:Ilizarov Technique / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000601:surgery*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013977:Tibia / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery