Acute Shortening and Re-Lengthening (ASRL) in Infected Non-union of Tibia - Advantages Revisited

INTRODUCTION: A gap non-union in various conditions has been treated successfully by the Ilizarov method. The gap can be filled up either by an acute shortening and relengthening (ASRL) procedure or by an internal bone transport (IBT). We compared the functional and clinical outcome of ASRL and IB...

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Main Authors: Baruah RK, Baruah JP, Shyam-Sunder S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2020-07-01
Series:Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
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Online Access:https://www.morthoj.org/2020/v14n2/infected-non-union-tibia.pdf