Publications by authors named "Simon Sporrer"
Does partial weight bearing unload a healing bone in external ring fixation?
Langenbecks Arch Surg
October 2003
Background: Partial weight bearing is thought to unload and protect the healing bone. Until now, there has been no objective method of assessing the amount of weight placed on the healing zone by the patient. The goal of this study was to determine the effects of partial weight bearing on the loading of the healing bone in tibial osteotomies.
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- This study explores how mechanical conditions affect bone healing in patients undergoing tibial osteotomies.
- It compares two treatment methods: distraction and correction osteotomies, observing the stability and movement of bone fragments during healing.
- The findings suggest that distraction treatments have more challenging mechanical conditions, and maintaining interfragmentary compression throughout healing is crucial to minimize shear movements.
Interfragmentary motion in tibial osteotomies stabilized with ring fixators.
Clin Orthop Relat Res
March 2002
Relative movement of bone fragments affects healing processes. In vivo data exist for patients with reduced transverse fractures only. The gap movements that occur under more complex conditions such as in tibial osteotomies, however, are unknown.
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