Open AccessPulsed electromagnetic stimulation in nonunion of tibial diaphyseal fractures
Author(s) -
Gupta Ak,
K. P. Srivastava,
Sachin Avasthi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.50850
Subject(s) - medicine , nonunion , delayed union , tibia , surgery , bone healing , radiological weapon , stimulation , bony union , implant , prosthesis
Nonunion of long bones is a difficult clinical problem and challenges the clinical acumen of surgeons. Multiple surgical or nonsurgical modalities have been used to treat nonunions. Noninvasive pulsed electromagnetic stimulation is an entity known to affect the piezoelectric phenomenon of bone forming cells. We conducted a study on 45 long-bone fractures of tibia treated by pulsed electromagnetic stimulation, which are analyzed and reported.