Diaphyseal Fracture Repair; Assessment of Fracture Healing; Failure of Union; Diagnosis; Diagnosis of Infection; Prevention; Nonunions: Treatment Objectives and Options; Compression-Distraction Systems; Compression-Distraction Methods; Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Techniques Other Than Compression-Distraction Methods; Treatment of Infected Nonunions: Techniques Other Than Compression-Distraction Methods; Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Hypertrophic Nonunions; Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Normotrophic Nonunions; Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Atrophic Nonunions; Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Parafocal Osteotomy; Treatment of Infected Nonunions; Amputations and Prosthetic Fitting; Antibiotic Therapy; Rehabilitation; Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism; Future Perspectives: Computer-Assisted Surgery; Method of Unified Designation of External Fixation
Summary
Nonunions of the bones represent a challenge for orthopedic surgeons and can have a severe psychological impact on patients. This text is based on the development over many years of the devices and operative techniques of monofocal, bifocal, and multifocal compression-distraction osteosynthesis
