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  • Title: [Primary grafting for septic non-union (author's transl)].
    Author: Palazzi AS, Palazzi C.
    Journal: Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot; 1981; 67(3):209-14. PubMed ID: 6456495.
    Abstract:
    A one step operation is described as treatment of the septic non-union of the long bones. It consists in decortication, plus external fixation plus grafting with cancellous bone of the iliac crest. In the tibial cases the resection of the fibula is compulsory. 31 cases have been operated and all consolidated between 2 1/2 and 10 months. The etiology has been: open fracture 4 cases, osteomyelitis 1 case and iatrogenia.
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