Nonunions around the knee joint

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 2 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 271-281

  Chan, Daniel B ^a   Jeffcoat, Devon M ^a   Lorich, Dean G ^a,b   Helfet, David L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROTOMY; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEVASCULARIZATION; FENESTRATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ARTHROPLASTY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KNEE INJURIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; TIBIA;

EID: 77950918478     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0924-9     Document Type: Review

References (45)

1. AR Altenberg RL Shorkey 1949 Blade-plate fixation in non-union and in complicated fractures of the supracondylar region of the femur J Bone Jt Surg 31A 2 312 316 1:STN:280:DyaH1M%2FhvVWlsQ%3D%3D
2. JF Connolly E Dehne 1973 Closed reduction and early cast-brace ambulation in the treatment of femoral fractures J Bone Jt Surg 55-A 1581 1599
3. GC Weil HG Kuehner JP Henry 1936 The treatment of 278 consecutive fractures of the femur Surg Gynecol Obstet 62 435 441
4. F Ali M Saleh 2000 Treatment of isolated complex distal femoral fractures by external fixation Injury 31 3 139 146 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00249-1 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3c3gvFejtQ%3D%3D 10704577 (Pubitemid 30125725)
5. MB Danziger D Caucei SB Zecher D Segal DJ Covall 1995 Treatment of intercondylar and supracondylar distal femoral fractures using the GSH supracondylar nail Am J Orthop 24 9 684 690 1:STN:280:DyaK28%2FnslCquw%3D%3D 8548263
6. RD Mize RW Bucholz DP Grogan 1982 Surgical treatment of displaced, comminuted fractures of the distal end of the femur J Bone Jt Surg 64A 6 871 879
7. J Schatzker G Horne J Waddell 1974 The Toronto experience of the supra-condylar fracture of the femur: 1966-1972 Injury 6 113 128
8. D Paley M Chaudray AM Pirone P Lentz D Kautz 1990 Treatment of malunions and mal-nonunions of the femur and tibia by detailed preoperative planning and the Ilizarov techniques Orthop Clin North Am 21 4 667 691 1:STN:280: DyaK3M%2Fhs1emtg%3D%3D 2216401 (Pubitemid 20366639)
9. A Saradis E Panagiotopoulos M Tyllianakis C Matzaroglou N Vandoros E Lambiris 2006 The use of the Ilizarov method as a salvage procedure in infected nonunion of the distal femur with bone loss J Bone Jt Surg Br 88 2 232 237 10.1302/0301-620X.88B2.16976 (Pubitemid 43279937)
10. MS Beall Jr E Nebel RW Bailey 1979 Transarticular fixation in the treatment of non-union of supracondylar fractures of the femur: a salvage procedure J Bone Jt Surg 61A 7 1018 1023 (Pubitemid 10250143)
11. I Kempf A Grosse P Rigaut 1986 The treatment of noninfected pseudoarthrosis of the femur and tibia with locked intramedullary nailing Clin Orthop 212 142 153 3769280 (Pubitemid 17175716)
12. AC McLaren CP Blokker 1991 Locked intramedullary fixation for metaphyseal malunion and nonunion Clin Orthop 265 253 260 2009666
13. CC Wu CH Shih 1996 Distal tibial nonunion treated by intramedullary reaming with external immobilization J Orthop Trauma 10 1 45 49 10.1097/00005131-199601000-00007 1:STN:280:DyaK28vgtlWjtw%3D%3D 8926554
14. KJ Koval D Seligson H Rosen K Fee 1995 Distal femoral nonunion: treatment with a retrograde inserted locked intramedullary nail J Orthop Trauma 9 285 291 10.1097/00005131-199509040-00003 1:STN:280:DyaK28%2Fltl2ktw%3D%3D 7562149
15. KJ Kress GR Scuderi RE Windsor JN Insall 1993 Treatment of nonunions about the knee utilizing custom: total knee arthroplasty and press-fit intramedullary stems J Arthroplast 8 1 49 55 10.1016/S0883-5403(06)80107-5 1:STN:280:DyaK3s7ntF2guw%3D%3D
16. EL Freedman DJ Hak EE Johnson JJ Eckardt 1995 Total knee replacement in elderly patients with acute fracture or nonunion J Orthop Trauma 9 3 231 237 10.1097/00005131-199506000-00009 1:STN:280:DyaK2MzkvVyltw%3D%3D 7623176
17. J Davila A Malkani JM Paiso 2001 Supracondylar distal femoral nonunions treated with a megaprosthesis in elderly patients: a report of two cases J Orthop Trauma 15 8 574 578 10.1097/00005131-200111000-00009 1:STN:280: DC%2BD3Mnoslanuw%3D%3D 11733676 (Pubitemid 33150262)
18. K Solheim S Vaage 1973 Delayed union and nonunion of fractures: clinical experience with the ASIF method J Trauma 13 2 121 128 10.1097/00005373- 197302000-00005 1:STN:280:DyaE3s7it1Olsg%3D%3D 4687715
19. TJ Moore T Watson SA Green DE Garland RW Chandler 1987 Complications of surgically treated supracondylar fractures of the femur J Trauma 27 4 402 406 10.1097/00005373-198704000-00010 1:STN:280:DyaL2s7pvVOrtg%3D%3D 3553608 (Pubitemid 17103407)
20. MW Chapman CG Finkemeiere 1999 Treatment of supracondylar nonunions of the femur with plate fixation and bone graft J Bone Jt Surg Am 81 A 1217 1228 1:STN:280:DyaK1MvjtlegtQ%3D%3D (Pubitemid 29480275)
21. C Bellabarba WM Ricci BR Bolhofner 2002 Indirect reduction and plating of distal femoral nonunions J Orthop Trauma 16 5 287 296 10.1097/00005131- 200205000-00001 11972070 (Pubitemid 34520559)
22. GJ Haidukewych DJ Berry DJ Jacofsky ME Torchia 2003 Treatment of supracondylar femur nonunions with open reduction and internal fixation Am J Orthop 32 564 567
23. MJ Gardner JB Toro-Arbelaez M Harrison C Hierholzer DG Lorich DL Helfet 2008 Open reduction and internal fixation of distal femoral nonunions: long-term functional outcomes following a treatment protocol J Trauma 64 2 434 438 10.1097/01.ta.0000245974.46709.2e 18301211 (Pubitemid 351640458)
24. JW Wang LH Weng 2003 Treatment of distal femoral nonunion with internal fixation, cortical allograft struts, and autogenous bone grafting J Bone Jt Surg Am 85 436 440 10.1302/0301-620X.85B3.12451 (Pubitemid 36511600)
25. A Martinez A Sarmiento LL Latta 2003 Closed fractures of the proximal tibia treated with a functional brace Clin Orthop 417 293 302 14646729 (Pubitemid 37499536)
26. M Bhandari L Audige T Ellis B Hanson 2003 Operative treatment of extra-articular proximal tibia fractures J Orthop Trauma 17 591 595 (Pubitemid 37220198)
27. WM Ricci M O'Boyle J Borrelli C Bellabarba R Sanders 2001 Fractures of the proximal third of the tibial shaft treated with intramedullary nails and blocking screws J Orthop Trauma 15 4 264 270 10.1097/00005131-200105000-00005 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3MzivVensQ%3D%3D 11371791 (Pubitemid 32611313)
28. SE Nork DP Barei TA Schildhauer J Agel S Holt JL Schrick, et al. 2006 Intramedullary nailing of proximal quarter tibial fractures J Orthop Trauma 20 8 523 528 10.1097/01.bot.0000244993.60374.d6 16990722 (Pubitemid 44440004)
29. NA Ebraheim FF Sabry SP Haman 2004 Open reduction and internal fixation of 117 tibial plateau fractures Orthopedics 27 1281 1287 15633959 (Pubitemid 40044960)
30. T Gosling P Schandelmaier M Muller S Hankemeier M Wagner C Krettek 2005 Single lateral locked screw plating of bicondylar tibial plateau fractures Clin Orthop 439 207 214 (Pubitemid 41416372)
31. JP Stannard TC Wilson DA Volgas JE Alonso 2003 Stabilization of proximal tibial fractures with the proximal tibial LISS: early experience Injury 34 S1 A36 A42 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00256-0 14563009 (Pubitemid 37373576)
32. DP Barei SE Nork WJ Mills MB Henley SK Bernirschke 2004 Complications associated with internal fixation of high-energy bicondylar tibial plateau fractures utilizing a two-incision technique J Orthop Trauma 18 10 649 657 10.1097/00005131-200411000-00001 15507817 (Pubitemid 40533063)
33. C Burri G Bartzke J Coldeway E Muggler 1979 Fractures of the tibial plateau Clin Orthop 138 84 93 445922 (Pubitemid 9199088)
34. PS Rasmussen 1973 Tibial condylar fractures: impairment of knee joint stability as an indication for surgical treatment J Bone Jt Surg 55A 7 1331 1350
35. H Tscherne P Lobenhoffer 1993 Tibial plateau fractures: management and expected results Clin Orthop 292 87 100 8519141 (Pubitemid 23206256)
36. Manidakis N, Dosani A, Dimitriou R, Stengel D, Matthews S, Giannoudis P (2009) Tibial plateau fractures: functional outcome and incidence of osteoarthritis in 125 cases. Int Orthop. doi: 10.1007/s00264-009-0790-5
37. J Borrelli Jr W Prickett E Song D Becker W Ricci 2002 Extraosseous blood supply of the tibia and the effects of different plating techniques: a human cadaveric study J Orthop Trauma 16 10 691 695 10.1097/00005131-200211000-00002 12439191 (Pubitemid 36790459)
38. GJ Lang BE Cohen MJ Bosse JF Kellam 1995 Proximal third tibial shaft fractures. Should they be nailed? Clin Orthop 315 64 74 7634688
39. CA Carpenter JB Jupiter 1996 Blade plate reconstruction of metaphyseal nonunion of the tibia Clin Orthop 332 23 28 10.1097/00003086-199611000-00005 8913142
40. CC Wu 2006 Salvage of proximal tibial malunion or nonunion with the use of angled blade plate Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 126 82 87 10.1007/s00402-006-0106- 9 16456660 (Pubitemid 43299853)
41. JH Lonner JM Siliski JB Jupiter DW Lhowe 1999 Posttraumatic nonunion of the proximal tibial metaphysis Am J Orthop 28 9 523 528 1:STN:280: DyaK1Mvis1Wnug%3D%3D 10497860
42. MJ Gardner JB Toro-Arbelaez S Boraiah DG Lorich DL Helfet 2008 Surgical treatment and outcomes of extraarticular proximal tibial nonunions Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 128 833 839 10.1007/s00402-007-0383-y 17581757
43. J Schatzker DJ Schulak 1979 Pseudarthrosis of a tibial plateau fracture: report of a case Clin Orthop 145 146 149 535264 (Pubitemid 10152312)
44. JB Toro-Arbelaez MJ Gardner MK Shindle JM Cabas DG Lorich DL Helfet 2007 Open reduction and internal fixation of intraarticular tibial plateau nonunions Injury 38 378 383
45. MJ Gardner S Yacoubian D Geller M Suk D Mintz H Potter DL Helfet DG Lorich 2005 The incidence of soft tissue injury in operative tibial plateau fractures: a magnetic resonance imaging analysis of 103 patients J Orthop Trauma 19 2 79 84 10.1097/00005131-200502000-00002 15677922 (Pubitemid 40340214)