Dynamic Gait Parameters in Patients With Nonunion of the Tibia Following Treatment With the Ilizarov Method.

The purpose of this study was a comprehensive assessment of the dynamic parameters of gait in patients who underwent Ilizarov treatment for nonunion of the tibia. The experimental group consisted of 24 individuals treated with the Ilizarov method for nonunion of the tibia. The control group comprised 31 healthy individuals, matched for BMI, sex, and age.

Assessment of Lower Limb Load Distribution in Patients Treated with the Ilizarov Method for Tibial Nonunion.

BACKGROUND Successful treatment of tibial nonunion should lead to a complete bone union, lack of pain, and pathological mobility of the lower extremity, as well as to the achievement of satisfactory joint mobility and muscle strength, which in turn improves its biomechanics. The objective of this study was to assess the load placed on the lower limbs in patients subjected to treatment with the Ilizarov method due to aseptic tibial nonunion. MATERIAL AND METHODS This research involved 24 participants (average age, 55 years).

Assessment of Gait after Treatment of Tibial Nonunion with the Ilizarov Method.

Background: Tibial nonunion is a common bone union disorder leading to abnormal gait, and thus reducing quality of life in the social dimension.

Research Question: The aim of our work was to comprehensively assess gait parameters of patients who had undergone Ilizarov treatment for tibial nonunion compared to a control group of healthy individuals.

Methods: This study evaluated patients treated for aseptic tibial nonunion with the Ilizarov method.

Assessment of body balance of patients treated with the Ilizarov method for tibial nonunion.

Purpose: The biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system in patients after tibial nonunion treatment using the Ilizarov method have not yet been fully explored. From the orthopaedic and patient point of view, after the treatment, an assessment should be carried out of the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. The aim of this study was to assess the body balance of patients treated with the Ilizarov method for tibial nonunion.

The outcomes of Ilizarov treatment in aseptic nonunions of the tibia stratified by treatment strategies and surgical techniques.

Nonunions of the tibia, particularly those located in the distal third of the bone, are relatively common in clinical practice. There is no gold standard for the treatment of nonunions of the tibia. The purpose of our study was to assess the results of treatment with the Ilizarov method in patients with aseptic nonunions of the tibia, depending on the employed treatment strategies and surgical techniques.

A new criterion for assessing Ilizarov treatment outcomes in nonunion of the tibia.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess a population of patients with nonunion of the tibia treated with the Ilizarov method in terms of achieved union rates and maintained union rates, determination of re-fracture factors, with a subsequent comparison of our findings with those reported in the available literature.

Materials And Methods: This study was a retrospective assessment of 102 patients with nonunion of the tibia treated with the Ilizarov method in the period 2008-2015. The assessed parameters were bone union achieved during treatment, duration of stabilization with an Ilizarov external fixator, and maintained bone union at the last follow-up visit.

Surgical treatment outcomes of the Ilizarov and internal osteosynthesis methods in posttraumatic pseudarthrosis of the tibia-a retrospective comparative analysis.

Introduction: This study compared surgical treatment outcomes of the Ilizarov and internal osteosynthesis methods in posttraumatic pseudarthrosis of the tibia.

Material And Methods: In a retrospective comparative study, 75 patients were treated with the Ilizarov technique for aseptic posttraumatic pseudarthrosis of the tibia in the period 2000-2016. We compared them with the 51 patients from the control group, treated for tibial bone union disturbances using internal osteosynthesis methods, i.

Ankle Arthrodesis with Simultaneous Lengthening of the Lower Limb Using the Ilizarov Fixator.

Background: Patients with advanced ankle arthrosis or joint deformities and co-existing lower limb shortening present a complex therapeutic problem. This paper presents the Ilizarov treatment as a comprehensive method of simultaneous ankle arthrodesis and equalisation of lower limb length in 18 patients.

Material And Methods: Eighteen patients with arthrosis, deformities or other conditions of the ankle joint and ipsila-teral lower limb shortening were treated with the Ilizarov method.

Comminuted Fractures of the Distal Femur Treated with Ilizarov External Fixator. Case Series Study.

Background: Distal femoral fractures constitute a type of lower limb injuries that is rare and difficult to treat. Despite advances in surgical technique and development of implants used for internal fixation of fracture fragments, the treatment continues to result in numerous complications. The Ilizarov External Fixator reduces the risk of complications and allows for bone union.

Stress Fractures of Tibia Treated with Ilizarov External Fixator.

Background: Stress fractures are the result of cyclic loading of the bone, which gradually becomes damaged. Most often they are treated by rest or plaster cast and, in rare cases, by internal fixation. There is little published data on initial reposition followed by stabilization with the Ilizarov apparatus in such fractures.

Open Trimalleolar Fractures Treated with Ilizarov External Fixator.

Background: Open trimalleolar fractures are some of the most severe fractures of the ankle joint region and some of the most difficult in trauma surgery. Repositioning with internal fixation is the most common surgical treatment method. There is little published data on primary repositioning and external fixation.

Bilateral fatigue fractures of the bones of both crura in a patient with a history of abuse of alcohol and psychoactive substances treated with Ilizarov external fixator apparatus.

Background: Fatigue (slow) fractures are a result of cyclic burden on the affected bones. At the same time, regeneration processes are disturbed or appropriate mechanical environment to promote healing is lacking. Fatigue fractures are classified into two types: stress fractures and deficiency fractures.

Clinical efficacy of kinesiology taping in reducing edema of the lower limbs in patients treated with the ilizarov method--preliminary report.

Introduction: Postoperative edema of predominantly lymphatic origin is a significant hindrance to physiotherapy in patients subjected to limb lengthening by the Ilizarov method. New treatment methods are being sought, and Kinesiology Taping is one of them.

Material And Methods: The study involved 24 patients of both sexes subjected to lower limb lengthening using the Ilizarov method who had developed edema of the thigh or crus of the lengthened extremity.

The Ilizarov Method in the treatment of pseudoarthrosis of the humerus.

Background. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Ilizarov method in the treatment of pseudoarthrosis of the humerus. Material and methods.

The Ilizarov method in the treatment of pilon fractures.

Background. Comminuted fractures of the distal epiphysis and metaphysis of the tibia with penetration to the ankle joint, which occur rarely, are known as "pilon fractures". Material and methods.

The Ilizarov method in the treatment of postinflammatory deformites of the distal epiphysis of the femur.

Background. We report results of the application of the Ilizarov method in the treatment of patients with shortening and deformity of the distal epiphysis of the lemur caused by neonatal osteomyelitis.
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Diagnostic imaging in the planning and monitoring of limb lengthening by the Ilizarov method.

Limb lengthening is a long and complicated process, and therefore requires monitoring by use of imaging methods. In planning the application of the Ilizarov method, it is essential to consider the pathology as a whole, and not merely the individual symptoms. This is particularly important in generalized defect on bone formation.