Ilizarov compression over a nail for aseptic femoral nonunions that have failed exchange nailing: A report of five cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 668-676

  Brinker, Mark R ^a,b   O'Connor, Daniel P ^b  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Joe W King Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Exchange nailing; External fixation; Femur; Ilizarov; Intramedullary nail; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING AID; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0344825238     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200311000-00002     Document Type: Article

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