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Use of an intramedullary rod for the treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1992; 74:161-168 
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Abstract

The use of an intramedullary rod as described by Williams, combined with implantation of an autogenous bone graft, resulted in union of an established congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia in nine of ten patients. One patient needed additional bone-grafting before union occurred. The average age at the time of the operation was five years and three months. A rod of the appropriate length was inserted at the site of the non-union, antegrade through the distal part of the tibia and the hindfoot and then retrograde through the proximal fragment. This resulted in splinting of the tibia, ankle, and subtalar joints. Solid osseous union occurred an average of six months after the procedure in all ten patients. Five patients had a refracture of the tibia after the initial consolidation. Three of the five needed one or more additional operative procedures; one was managed with a cast; and one patient, who had been followed for four years before the refracture, did not return for treatment of the refracture. As is the plan with this method of treatment, the distal part of the tibia grew off the rod and the distal tip of the rod was located proximal to the foot and ankle, or it was located more proximally than it had been at the operation, in six patients. The rod was removed from three patients. At an average of six years, all ten patients were able to walk without pain.

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