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ReviewOrthopaedic surgery2022

Evolution and Development of Ilizarov Technique in the Treatment of Infected Long Bone Nonunion with or without Bone Defects.

Jun Li, Mingxin Li, Wenzhao Wang, Bohua Li, Lei Liu

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Review in Orthopaedic surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Frugal Innovations in Orthopaedics.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025
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  16. Ilizarov's technique: A pioneer's vision.Nepal journal of epidemiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jun LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Orthopedic Research Institute, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Mingxin LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Orthopedic Research Institute, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Wenzhao WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Orthopedic Research Institute, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Bohua LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Orthopedic Research Institute, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Lei LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Orthopedic Research Institute, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2184-9463
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M692279National Natural Science Fund of China 81874002the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Sichuan Technology Gallery 2020JDRC0054the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Z20192013West China hospital postdoctoral research and development fund 2019HXBH068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of infected bone nonunion and bone defects is a considerable challenge in the orthopedics field. The standard clinical therapy methods include local free bone transplantation, vascularized bone graft, and the Ilizarov technique; the first two are controversial due to the iatrogenic self-injury. The Ilizarov bone transport technique has been widely used to treat infected bone nonunion and bone defects, and good clinical effect has been demonstrated. Yet, it brings many related complications, which exerts additional suffering to the patient. The best treatment is to combine bone defect rehabilitation with infection control, intramedullary nail fixation, appropriate time for bone grafts, beaded type scaffold slippage and new Taylor fixation, reducing the external fixation time and the incidence of complications, thereby reducing the occurrence of patients' physical and psychological problems. This review focuses on the induction, summary and analysis of the Ilizarov bone transport technique in the treatment of infected long bone nonunion with or without bone defects, providing new ideas and methods for orthopedic disease prevention and treatment by the Ilizarov technique, which is following the development direction of digital orthopedics.

Indexed as

Fractures, UnunitedIlizarov TechniqueTibial FracturesBone TransplantationHumansInternal FixatorsTreatment Outcome3D printing technologyIlizarov techniqueInfected bone defectsInfected long bone nonunion

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PMID35343060
PMCPMC9087454
OpenAlexW4220709575

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