[Treatment of distal femur nonunion with bone defect by less invasive stabilization system and fibular strut graft].

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of less invasive stabilization system distal femur (LISS-DF) combined with fibular struts graft for distal femur nonunions and bone defects.

Methods: A total of 12 patients with distal femur nonunion and bone defect were underwent revision operation with locked plating, plus a nonvascularized autologous fibular strut bone graft from June 2007 to September 2014, including 10 males and 2 females with an average age of (56.2±14.

Management of femoral diaphyseal nonunion after nailing with augmentative locked plating and bone graft.

Objectives: Exchange nailing (EN) for aseptic femoral shaft nonunion is currently a standard orthopaedic treatment modality. However, according to recent studies there is occasionally a high failure rate when EN is used. In the present study, augmentative locked plating and bone graft was used as an alternative method for treating such cases.

Treatment of aseptic diaphyseal nonunion of the lower extremities with exchange intramedullary nailing and blocking screws without open bone graft.

Objective: To report the preliminary results of the treatment of aseptic diaphyseal nonunion of the lower extremities with exchange nailing plus blocking screws.

Methods: Between June 2005 and September 2008, twelve patients with diaphyseal nonunion in the lower extremities (femur in five patients and tibia in seven; hypertrophic nonunion in eight patients and atrophic nonunion in four) were treated by reaming, exchanging the original intramedullary nail with a larger one, and using blocking screws, and the therapeutic effect assessed.

Results: All patients were followed up for 1-2 years (average, 1.

The posterolateral shearing tibial plateau fracture: treatment and results via a modified posterolateral approach.

The posterolateral shearing tibial plateau fracture is relatively uncommon and few studies have concentrated on it so far. The purpose of this study was to review the results of surgical treatment of this kind of fracture using a modified posterolateral approach. The clinical results of a case series of 11 patients, collected prospectively, were presented here.