Open AccessFemoral locking plate failure salvaged with hexapod circular external fixation: a report of two cases
Author(s) -
Nando Ferreira,
Leonard Charles Marais
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction/strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1828-8936
pISSN - 1828-8928
DOI - 10.1007/s11751-016-0254-6
Subject(s) - hexapod , fixation (population genetics) , medicine , external fixation , nonunion , surgery , external fixator , orthodontics , computer science , population , environmental health , artificial intelligence , robot
Femoral non-unions are difficult to treat even for the experienced orthopaedic trauma surgeon. If the non-union follows failure of modern stable internal fixation, the complexity of the management is further increased. We report two cases of stiff hypertrophic femoral non-unions after failed locking plate fixation that were successfully treated with a new hexapod circular external fixator. In addition to providing the necessary stability for functional rehabilitation and union, the hexapod circular fixator software allows gradual correction of deformities in order to restore the normal mechanical alignment of the limb.