Treatment of humeral nonunions with the Ilizarov technique

Eighteen patients with nonunions of the humerus were treated by the Ilizarov method at the General Hospital in Lecco, Italy, between 1982-1989. This report is based upon 16 of those patients. The results are encouraging. Union was achieved in 14 patients. There were two failures: one patient had bee...

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Published inBulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute Vol. 51; no. 1; p. 74
Main Authors Catagni, M A, Guerreschi, F, Probe, R A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1991
Subjects
Adult
Bone Lengthening - adverse effects
Bone Lengthening - instrumentation
Bone Lengthening - methods
Follow-Up Studies
Fractures, Ununited - surgery
Humans
Humeral Fractures - surgery
Middle Aged
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Summary:Eighteen patients with nonunions of the humerus were treated by the Ilizarov method at the General Hospital in Lecco, Italy, between 1982-1989. This report is based upon 16 of those patients. The results are encouraging. Union was achieved in 14 patients. There were two failures: one patient had been irradiated 14 years earlier for what was thought to be plasmocytoma of the proximal humerus; the other had a humeral nonunion of the proximal third with advanced disuse osteopenia of the surrounding bone. Complications were few, and none compromised the achievement of union.
ISSN:0883-9344