Using the Ilizarov technique to treat limb shortening after replantation of a severed lower limb: a case report.

ABSTRACT: The Ilizarov technique for limb lengthening can solve the problem of shortening deformity due to limb replantation after high-energy injury. However, the specific time-points and speed of limb lengthening and the treatment of complications have been thorny issues. In the present case, a 26-year-old male who presented with 12-cm left limb shortening caused by the replantation of the left severed leg, and then treated with the Ilizarov technique to lengthen it simultaneously on the ends of osteotomy and replanted bone. After the limb length restored to normality, tibia bone transport was performed. Considering the unsatisfactory mineralization of the lengthened segment, the external ring fixator was replaced with a splint for temporary fixation, which accompanied with an angular deformity of

SUBMITTER: Jiang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7475505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature