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Lengthening Nails for Distraction Osteogenesis: A Review of Current Practice and Presentation of Extended Indications.
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- Evaluating ChatGPT's Role in Patient Education on Distraction Osteogenesis for Limb Lengthening.Cureus · 2026Article
- Effect of distraction length on the morphology of knee cartilage in a rat model of femoral distraction osteogenesis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Preoperative planning for posttraumatic lower limb deformity correction.Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease (2013) · 2025Review
- Treatment of Post-Traumatic Diaphyseal and Distal Tibial Bone Defects by Distraction Osteogenesis: A Monocentric Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- [Treatment of bony defects in femur and tibia : Established and new concepts].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Bone Regeneration After Nail Distraction Osteogenesis: Review of Current Knowledge and Application Combined with a Case Report with Radiological, Histological, and Electron Microscopic Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- [Plate-assisted bone segment transport for bone defects of the lower extremities : Possibilities and limitations of treatment].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- First Clinical Case of Ilizarov Femur Lengthening over a Bioactive and Degradable Intramedullary Implant.Case reports in orthopedics · 2023Article
- Treatment of a tibial bone defect with a motorized intramedullary bone transport nail: A case review with 32 months follow up.Trauma case reports · 2022Article
- Management of femoral non-union with post-traumatic bone defect using second-generation PRECICE® nail - A case report.Trauma case reports · 2022Article
- [Progress of remote-control intramedullary lengthening nail and its clinical treatment concept].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2021Article
- Motorised Intramedullary Bone Transport: A Scoping Review.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
- Massive Tibial Defect Treated with Plate-assisted Bone Segment Transport and A Novel Internal Cable-Pulley System.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
- Trends and Practices in Limb Lengthening: An 11-year US Database Study.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
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Abstract
purposeCircular frames have been the gold standard of treatment for complex deformity corrections and bone loss. However, despite the success of frames, patient satisfaction has been low, and complications are frequent. Most recently, lengthening nails have been used to correct leg length discrepancies. In this article, we review the current trends in deformity correction with emphasis on bone lengthening and present our case examples on the use of lengthening nails for management of complex malunions, non-unions, and a novel use in bone transport. MATERIALS AND
methodsA nonsystematic literature review on the topic was performed. Four case examples from our institute, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, East Sussex, England, UK, were included.
resultsNew techniques based on intramedullary bone lengthening and deformity correction are replacing the conventional external frames. Introduction of lengthening and then nailing and lengthening over a nail techniques paved the way for popularization of the more recent lengthening nails. Lengthening nails have gone through evolution from the first mechanical nails to motorized nails and more recently the magnetic lengthening nails. Two case examples demonstrate successful use of lengthening nails for management of malunion, and two case examples describe novel use in management of non-unions, including the first report in the literature of plate-assisted bone segment transport for the longest defect successfully treated using this novel technique.
conclusionWith the significant advancement of intramedullary lengthening devices with lower complications rates and higher patient satisfaction, the era of the circular frame may be over. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Barakat AH, Sayani J, O'Dowd-Booth C,
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