ArticleOrthopedic reviews2016
Bone Transport for Limb Reconstruction Following Severe Tibial Fractures.
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- Tibial bone transport using external fixation in adults: a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Use of personalized graft cage and RIA bone graft in a case of acute infection following a grade 2 open tibial shaft fracture: a new option for bone grafting in patients with critical size segmental bone defects.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- [Transverse distraction osteogenesis : New chances for limb salvage?]Der Unfallchirurg · 2022Review
- Regenerative Approaches for the Treatment of Large Bone Defects.Tissue engineering. Part B, Reviews · 2021Review
- Functional outcome and complications after treatment of comminuted tibial fractures or deformities using Ilizarov bone transport: a single-center study at 15- to 30-year follow-up.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021Article
- Risk factors associated with infection recurrence of posttraumatic osteomyelitis treated with Ilizarov bone transport technique-a retrospective study of 149 cases.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Can NaEuropean journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2021Article
- Real-Time Wireless Platform for In Vivo Monitoring of Bone Regeneration.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Role of the Ilizarov non-free bone plasty in the management of long bone defects and nonunion: Problems solved and unsolved.World journal of orthopedics · 2020Article
- Efficacy comparison of double-level and single-level bone transport with Orthofix fixator for treatment of tibia fracture with massive bone defects.International orthopaedics · 2020Article
- Ilizarov bone transport and treatment of critical-sized tibial bone defects: a narrative review.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2019Review
- A Reliable and Reproducible Critical-Sized Segmental Femoral Defect Model in Rats Stabilized with a Custom External Fixator.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2019Article
- Immediate Soft-Tissue Reconstruction for Chronic Infected Tibia Nonunions Treated with an Ilizarov Frame.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2019Article
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Abstract
A common treatment of tibial defects especially after infections is bone transport via external fixation. We compare complications and outcomes of 25 patients treated with a typical Ilizarov frame or a hybrid system for bone reconstruction of the tibia. Average follow up was 5.1 years. Particular interest was paid to the following criteria: injury type, comorbidities, development of osteitis and outcome of the different therapies. The reason for segmental resection was a second or third grade open tibia fractures in 24 cases and in one case an infection after plate osteosynthesis. Average age of the patients was 41 years (range 19 to 65 years) and average defect size 6.6 cm (range 3.0 to 13.4 cm). After a mean time of 113 days 23 tibial defects were reconstructed, so we calculated an average healing index of 44.2 days/cm. Two patients with major comorbidities needed a below knee amputation. The presence of osteitis led to a more complicated course of therapy. In the follow up patients with an Ilizarov frame had better results than patients with hybrid systems. Bone transport using external fixation is suitable for larger defect reconstruction. With significant comorbidities, however, a primary amputation or other methods must be considered.
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