Management of segmental bone defects by the Ilizarov bone transport

ABSTRACT

In this study, ten patients [nine males and one female] with segmental skeletal defects were managed with Ilizarov bone transport method, whereby an osseous defect is eliminated by elongating one fragment. Six of them were septic non-union treated by radical resection and internal bone transport. Preoperative shortening was present in four cases. On average, the regenerated new bone length measured 4.2 cm. The average time in fixator was 11.5 months. Internal fixation and bone graft were used to achieve union in five cases, the other five cases healed without additional operations