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Song, Jeung, Rowe, and Kim: Application of the Ilizarow technique to the complications of tibial open fracture report of two cases
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1991; 4(2): 332-339.

Published online: 28 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1991.4.2.332

Application of the Ilizarow technique to the complications of tibial open fracture report of two cases

Eun Kyoo Song, M.D., Ju Chull Jeung, M.D., Sung Man Rowe, M.D., Hyung Soon Kim, M.D.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

Two patients of tibial nonunion with bone loss and with angular deformity were treated by the Ilizarov external fixator. Bone defect was closed by the Ilizarov bone transport technique of bone fragment internally and angular deformity was corrected by means of hinges on the Ilizarov apparatus.
The final results were satisfactory in two cases.

Keywords: Ilizarov external fixator, Bone loss, Angular deformity

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