Spontaneous healing of an atrophic pseudoarthrosis during femoral lengthening. A case report with six-year follow-up

Int Orthop. 1999;23(2):126-7. doi: 10.1007/s002640050326.

Abstract
in English, French

A seven-year old girl developed an atrophic pseudoarthrosis at the midshaft of the femur with 8.5 cm of femoral shortening after an open type II fracture. During a femoral lengthening procedure, the pseudoarthrosis filled with spontaneous callus formation and bone union was obtained.

Une fille âgée de 7 ans 8 mois a développé une pseudarthrose atrophique médiodiaphysaire du fémur à la suite d’une fracture ouverte de type II. Le raccourcissement fémoral a finalement été de 8,5 cms. L’allongement fémoral a permis le comblement de la zone de pseudarthrose par un cal spontané avec une bonne consolidation osseuse.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bony Callus / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures / classification
  • Femoral Fractures / complications*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fracture Healing*
  • Fractures, Open / classification
  • Fractures, Open / complications*
  • Humans
  • Ilizarov Technique*
  • Leg Length Inequality / complications*
  • Leg Length Inequality / surgery*
  • Pseudarthrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pseudarthrosis / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome