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The management of fractures with bone loss

2005; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; Volume: 87-B; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1302/0301-620x.87b2.15874

2044-5377

J. F. Keating, Hamish Simpson, C. M. Robinson,

Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

Historically, because of the problems involved in initial limb salvage and the subsequent difficulty of reconstructing large skeletal defects many fractures with significant bone loss were treated by primary amputation. Modern techniques of fracture stabilisation and soft-tissue reconstruction mean