Open AccessThe Huntington procedure: Still a reasonable option for large tibial defects in paediatric patients
Author(s) -
Som Gupta,
Gaurav Garg
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of children s orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1863-2548
pISSN - 1863-2521
DOI - 10.1007/s11832-014-0618-8
Subject(s) - medicine , fibula , nonunion , tibia , surgery , radiography , weight bearing
Management of gap nonunion of tibia is technically difficult, time consuming, physically and psychologically demanding for the patient with unpredictable results. Various techniques have been described in literature for the treatment of gap nonunions, but each one has its own limitations.
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