Introduction: Segmental long bone fractures in high energy injuries are a challenging combination of and soft-tissue damage loss. The state the surrounding soft tissues local blood supply to most important factors determining tendency fracture heal. Objectives: To study efficacy safety various method treatment segmental bones complications associated with it. Materials Methods: 20 patients bone...

Computational Methods of Ultrasound Wave Propagation in Healing Long Bones D. I. Fotiadis1 Summary Quantitative ultrasound has attracted significant interest in the evaluation of bone fracture healing. Animal and clinical studies have demonstrated that the propagation velocity across fractured bones can be used as an indicator of healing. Researchers have recently employed computational methods...

Infected nonunion of long bones may require intravenous antibiotics over a lengthy period which may result in a high rate of complications. This study aims to assess the efficacy of local antibiotics used as a replacement to prolonged intravenous therapy. Thirteen patients with infected nonunion of long bones who failed at least one previous surgery were included. The infection was treated thro...