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Acute peg in hole docking in the management of infected non-union of long bones

2007; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 32; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00264-007-0353-6

1432-5195

Shabir Ahmed Dhar, Mohammed Ramzan Mir, Molvi Sajjad Ahmed, Suhail Afzal, Mohammed Farooq Butt, AR Badoo, Irshad Tabasum Dar, Anwar Hussain,

Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

The Ilizarov method has been studied extensively in the management of non-union of long bones. In most cases this involves filling of defects present primarily or after débridement by bone transport. Acute docking over gaps longer than 2 cm has not been adequately studied, however. The purpose of this paper is to report the efficacy of acute peg in hole docking as a bone graft-sparing modality in the management of infected non-union of long bones.