Treatment of distal femur nonunion with bone defect by less invasive stabilization system and fibular strut graft

• Published in: Zhongguo gu shang Vol. 29; no. 8; p. 723
• Main Authors: Gao, Kan-da, Wang, Qiu-Gen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 25.08.2016
• Subjects: Femoral fractures; Fractures, ununited; Bone transplantation; Fibula; Fracture fixation, internal
• DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-0034.2016.08.010
• ISSN: 1003-0034

To evaluate the therapeutic effects of less invasive stabilization system distal femur (LISS-DF) combined with fibular struts graft for distal femur nonunions and bone defects. A total of 12 patients with distal femur nonunion and bone defect were underwent revision operation with locked plating, plus a nonvascularized autologous fibular strut bone graft from June 2007 to September 2014, including 10 males and 2 females with an average age of (56.2±14.1) years old ranging from 30 to 77 years old. The mean time from the initial trauma to the last revision operation was (16.4±5.5) months (ranged from 9 to 26 months). All cases were atrophic nonunions according to Weber-Cech classification and type B1 (bone loss) according to Paley classification. All patients were followed up and evaluated with clinical and imaging results. The KSS (American Knee Society Score) scores including knee clinical score and knee functional score were compared before and after the treatment. All patients were followed up from 12 to 17