PURPOSE To evaluate the treatment outcome of the modified Ilizarov technique in infected nonunion of the femur. METHODS Between 1989 and 2002, records of 20 patients with infected nonunion of the femur treated with the modified Ilizarov technique were retrospectively reviewed. The modified Ilizarov frame was fixed after necrectomy of the dead infected bone and tissues. A proximal or distal co...

The Ilizarov method allows the surgeon to perform extended lengthening of both congenital and acquired short limbs. The technique can be difficult, time consuming and is associated with many complications. Generally, the number of complications and failures of lengthenings increases in proportion to the length of the distraction and the severity of the preoperative problems. The rate of major c...

OBJECTIVES To describe the functional outcomes of treatment using the Ilizarov method for tibial nonunions in older patients (>60 years of age). DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Twenty-three consecutive patients with an average age of 72 years (61 to 92) who had tibial nonunions for an average duration of 13 months (3 to 46). Fourteen patients had...

41 patients with a distal tibial infected non-union treated by Ilizarov technique from 2000 to 2015. Patients with aseptic non unions of distal tibia were excluded. Mean age of patient was 25.5 years (10-70). 35 were male and 6 were female. Mean size of distal fragment was 5 cm (2-9). Active infection, drainage or a large open wound was seen in 29 patients, 13 presented with implant removal. Al...

A Pseudoartrose Congênita de Tíbia (PCT) é uma falha consolidação óssea com rara incidência, podendo se apresentar ao nascer ou nos primeiros meses vida. Nesse relato caso, a paciente apresenta PCT sem neurofibromatose associada e encurtamento 12cm do membro inferior direito, sendo utilizado o fixador externo Ilizarov para correção da imperfeição. Tal método, por possuir 32 elementos, constitui...