Compound high-energy limb fractures with delayed union: our experience with adjuvant ultrasound stimulation (exogen).
The use of low intensity pulsed ultrasound accelerates cortical and cancellous bone fracture healing. Seventeen patients with eighteen high-energy fractures of the long bones were treated with low intensity pulsed ultrasound supplementation to surgical skeletal stabilization and tissue flaps. Sixteen fractures were healed within 13-52 weeks after starting ultrasound supplementation despite severe soft-tissue injuries and varying degrees of tissue loss. This method may be useful in the combined treatment of high-energy limb injuries.
Lerner
Alexander
A
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery A, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel. alex_lerner@yahoo.com
Stein
Haim
H
Soudry
Michael
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy