title: Advantages of intramedullar fixation in treatment of congenital tibial pseudoarthrosis--a case report.
abstract: This report describes a case of a 29-year old patient with congenital pseudoarthrosis of the distal tibia previously treated unsuccessfully by a conventional surgical method. Tibial congenital pseudoarthrosis is a rare disease characterized by segmental osseous weakness resulting in deformation of the bone and spontaneous fractures which progresses to a tibial nonunion. In our case we used intramedullary stabilization with bone grafting and six month after operation congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia healed.
authors: University of Rijeka, Rijeka University Hospital Center, Department of Traumatology, Clinic for Surgery, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Kirin
authors: Davor
authors: D
authors: Jurisić
authors: Hrvoje
authors: H
authors: Mokrović
authors: Osman
authors: O
authors: Salem
authors: Gordana
authors: G
authors: Zamolo
authors: Miljenko
authors: M
authors: Kovacević
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*