The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method

Volume: 33 Number: 3 September 11, 2006
  • Metin Kucukkaya
  • Yavuz Kabukcuoglu
  • Bilal Demir
  • Mehmet Tezer
  • Unal Kuzgun
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The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method

Abstract

In our clinic, 30 cases of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis were treated with Ilizarov method between 1990 - 1998. The localizations of pseudoarthrosis were tibia in 14 cases, femur in 11, femur and tibia in one, tibia bilaterally in four. The reasons of pseudoarthrosis were fracture in 22 cases, osteomyelitis in 3, tumor resection in 3, and congenital pseudoarthrosis of tibia in two. The cases classified as B1 in 8 cases, B2 in 10, B3 in 8, A1 in 3, A2-1 in one, according to Paley’s classification. We used monofocal technique in 11 cases, bifocal in 16, trifocal in 2, and tetrafocal in one. Mean bone loss was 6.6 cm (0-29). Results were appraised according to Paley’s functional and radiological criteria. The radiological results were excellent in 19 cases, good in 8, fair in one, and poor in two. The functional results were excellent in 11 cases, good in 18, and fair in one. 19 patients had active osteomyelitis before operation and osteomyelitis was healed in 16 patients. We suggest that Ilizarov method is the best choice in the treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis especially when complicated with infection.

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Metin Kucukkaya This is me

Yavuz Kabukcuoglu This is me

Bilal Demir This is me

Mehmet Tezer This is me

Unal Kuzgun This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1999 Volume: 33 Number: 3

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https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344

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https://izlik.org/JA93XN62XM

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APA
Kucukkaya, M., Kabukcuoglu, Y., Demir, B., Tezer, M., & Kuzgun, U. (2006). The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 33(3), 179-186. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344
AMA
1.Kucukkaya M, Kabukcuoglu Y, Demir B, Tezer M, Kuzgun U. The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33(3):179-186. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344
Chicago
Kucukkaya, Metin, Yavuz Kabukcuoglu, Bilal Demir, Mehmet Tezer, and Unal Kuzgun. 2006. “The Treatment of Lower Extremity Pseudoarthrosis With Ilizarov Method”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 (3): 179-86. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344.
EndNote
Kucukkaya M, Kabukcuoglu Y, Demir B, Tezer M, Kuzgun U (September 1, 2006) The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 3 179–186.
IEEE
[1]M. Kucukkaya, Y. Kabukcuoglu, B. Demir, M. Tezer, and U. Kuzgun, “The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 179–186, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344.
ISNAD
Kucukkaya, Metin - Kabukcuoglu, Yavuz - Demir, Bilal - Tezer, Mehmet - Kuzgun, Unal. “The Treatment of Lower Extremity Pseudoarthrosis With Ilizarov Method”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33/3 (September 1, 2006): 179-186. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344.
JAMA
1.Kucukkaya M, Kabukcuoglu Y, Demir B, Tezer M, Kuzgun U. The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33:179–186.
MLA
Kucukkaya, Metin, et al. “The Treatment of Lower Extremity Pseudoarthrosis With Ilizarov Method”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 3, Sept. 2006, pp. 179-86, doi:10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344.
Vancouver
1.Metin Kucukkaya, Yavuz Kabukcuoglu, Bilal Demir, Mehmet Tezer, Unal Kuzgun. The treatment of lower extremity pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov method. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;33(3):179-86. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i3.2344