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Segmental Bone Defects and the History of Bone Transport.

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SUMMARY This article describes the etiology of segmental bone defects and reviews the options of care, past and present. A brief description of distraction osteogenesis and how the Ilizarov method… Click to show full abstract

SUMMARY This article describes the etiology of segmental bone defects and reviews the options of care, past and present. A brief description of distraction osteogenesis and how the Ilizarov method was used to treat bone defects with circular external fixation leading to the latest method of transport with motorized internal lengthening nails is presented.

Keywords: segmental bone; transport; defects history; bone defects; history bone; bone

Journal Title: Journal of orthopaedic trauma
Year Published: 2021

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