Schultz J H, Ortel G, Müller S
Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg.
Unfallchirurg. 1992 Nov;95(11):556-8.
We report our first experience of using the Ilisarov technique in the treatment of ten patients with aseptic nonunions of fractures. In nine cases there was a nonunion of the tibia. One 76-year-old woman suffered from a nonunion of a supracondylar fracture of the humerus with concomitant rheumatoid arthritis. In this case, treatment failed. In two other cases we had to change the procedure. The mean duration of fixation for the successful cases was 22 weeks. The Ilisarov technique is sophisticated and needs special experience but has advantages in difficult cases.
