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Song, Chung, and Lee: Ilizarov External Fixation for the Complications of Supracondylar Fracture of Femur: Report of two cases
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1995; 8(3): 528-532.

Published online: 8 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1995.8.3.528

Ilizarov External Fixation for the Complications of Supracondylar Fracture of Femur: Report of two cases

Eun-Kyo Song, Go-Hun Chung, Keun-Bae Lee

Department of Orthopaedics, Chonnam University Hospital, Kwang-Ju, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

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

Keywords: Ilizarov extemal fixator, Complication, Supracondylar fracture of femur

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