Open AccessSegmental Bone Defects and the History of Bone Transport
Author(s) -
Mark T. Dahl,
Stewart Morrison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1531-2291
pISSN - 0890-5339
DOI - 10.1097/bot.0000000000002124
Subject(s) - medicine , distraction osteogenesis , long bone , ilizarov technique , external fixation , distraction , external fixator , etiology , surgery , pathology , neuroscience , biology
This article describes the etiology of segmental bone defects and reviews the options of care, past and present. A brief description of distraction osteogenesis and how the Ilizarov method was used to treat bone defects with circular external fixation leading to the latest method of transport with motorized internal lengthening nails is presented.