Re: [ORT-L] [Orthopod] Fwd: [Ortho] The patient with non-union of the distal femur


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Re: [ORT-L] [Orthopod] Fwd: [Ortho] The patient with non-union of the distal femur

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May 7, 2007, 3:08 AM

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This is not all that old - only two years. My choice would be to open the
fracture site, freshen the ends, get as near an anatomical reduction as
possible and use the locking compression plate system for fixation.

On 5/7/07, Alexander Chelnokov <alex61mobile@mail.ru> wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> A case from russian ortho list.
>
> THX in advance for your comments and opinions.
>
> This is a forwarded message
> From: Ruslan <orthoforum@weborto.net>
> To: ortho@weborto.net
> Date: Saturday, May 5, 2007, 1:41:47 AM
> Subject: [Ortho] The patient with non-union of the distal femur
>
> ===8<==============Original message text===============
> A female with femoral nonunion,
> Trauma in 2005 - closed fracture of the distal femur, external
> fixation with Ilizarov apparatus. Non-union. In 2006 open reduction
> and external fixation with Ilizarov apparatus. In November 2006 the
> fixator was removed, after that valgus deformation developed. There
> is mobility at the site. The knee motion 0-40. We'd like to discuss
> options of internal fixation.
>
> Ruslan
> ===8<===========End of original message text===========
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>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Alexander N. Chelnokov
> Ural Scientific Research Institute
> of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
> 7, Bankovsky str. Ekaterinburg 620014 Russia
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