Treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis with the Ilizarov technique

J Pediatr Orthop. 1988 Jan-Feb;8(1):67-70. doi: 10.1097/01241398-198801000-00016.

Abstract

Four patients with congenital pseudarthrosis in neurofibromatosis were treated with percutaneous transosseous fixation according to the Ilizarov method. Three tibias were first treated unsuccessfully with a Sofield procedure. After application of the Ilizarov fixator, consolidation was obtained in two cases after 6 and 19 months, respectively. A fourth case consisted of a congenital pseudarthrosis of the ulna, primarily treated with the Ilizarov system, which showed advanced consolidation after 4 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fracture Fixation*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications
  • Pseudarthrosis / complications
  • Pseudarthrosis / congenital
  • Pseudarthrosis / surgery*
  • Tibial Fractures / surgery