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Non-unions, Pseudoarthroses, and Long-Bone Defects

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With rare exceptions, pseudoarthroses are accompanied by the loss of bone tissue, i.e., by an anatomic defect. However, from a practical point of view, a clear definition of both “pseudoarthrosis” and “defect” is of fundamental importance in the correct selection of the extent and tactics of both treatment and rehabilitation measures. A pseudoarthrosis refers to the condition in which it is anticipated that despite medical interventions the achieved degree of union of the bone fragments will not lead to humeral shortening by >8–10 mm, or shortening of one of the forearm bones by >5 mm, or of the femur and leg bones by >10–15 mm.

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  1. R.R. Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, 8 Baykova Str., St. Petersburg, 195427, Russia

    Leonid Nikolaevich Solomin M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center “Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics”, M.Uljanova Str., Kurgan, 6640014, Russia

    Dmitry Jur’evich Borzunov M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Department of Orthopedics, University of Pavia, Polo Universitario “Citta di Pavia”, Via Parco Vecchio, 27, Pavia, 27100, Italy

    Redento Mora M.D. & Luisella Pedrotti M.D.

  4. Department of Orthopedics, The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Soljanka Str., 14, Moscow, 109240, Russia

    Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov M.D., Ph.D.

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Solomin, L.N., Borzunov, D.J., Mora, R., Shevtsov, V.I., Pedrotti, L. (2012). Non-unions, Pseudoarthroses, and Long-Bone Defects. In: Solomin, L. (eds) The Basic Principles of External Skeletal Fixation Using the Ilizarov and Other Devices. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2619-3_19

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