Endoscopic bone graft for delayed union and nonunion.
10.3349/ymj.2000.41.1.107
- Author:
Sung Jae KIM
1
;
Sang Jin SHIN
;
Kyu Hyun YANG
;
Seong Hwan MOON
;
Soo Chan LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jinos@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nonunion;
arthroscopy;
endoscopic bone graft
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bone Transplantation*;
Case Report;
Endoscopy*;
Female;
Femoral Fractures/surgery*;
Femoral Fractures/radiography;
Femoral Fractures/physiopathology;
Human;
Humeral Fractures/surgery*;
Humeral Fractures/radiography;
Humeral Fractures/physiopathology;
Male;
Middle Age;
Time Factors;
Wound Healing*
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2000;41(1):107-111
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We performed endoscopic bone grafting for eight patients of delayed union and nonunion which developed after femoral and humeral shaft fractures. The mean interval from initial intervention to endoscopic bone grafting was 7.3 months. Six patients of delayed union and nonunion healed at 4.1 months on average. Two patients had unsatisfactory healing and eventually underwent non-endoscopic revisional surgery. There was no intraoperative on postoperative complication. Endoscopic bone grafting can be a less invasive alternative, obtaining rapid bone union in cases of compromised healing of the diaphyseal fracture.
