Heiser T M, Jacobs R R
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1983 Sep(178):89-95.
In a series of 20 tibial fractures and ten radial fractures treated by external fixation, no association was found between the development of non-union and degree of soft tissue injury, delay in fixator application, or diaphyseal versus metaphyseal fracture site. Although the absence of fracture callus on roentgenograms of long bones immobilized by external skeletal fixation portends nonunion, no obvious cause-and-effect relation could be determined.
在一系列采用外固定治疗的20例胫骨骨折和10例桡骨骨折中，未发现骨不连的发生与软组织损伤程度、固定器应用延迟或骨干与干骺端骨折部位之间存在关联。尽管通过外骨骼固定固定的长骨X线片上没有骨折骨痂预示着骨不连，但无法确定明显的因果关系。
