Open AccessReconstruction of the infected war defects of the tibia: A fragment elongation according to the Ilizarov technique
Author(s) -
Simonida Lj. Tomić,
Zoran Bajin,
Nemanja Slavković
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0512895t
Subject(s) - medicine , diastasis , external fixation , surgery , osteosynthesis , tibia , osteomyelitis , fixation (population genetics) , orthopedic surgery , external fixator , population , environmental health
The treatment of tibia defects complicated with chronic osteomyelitis is difficult, often requiring one or more surgical interventions with prolonged periods of functional incapacity.