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. 2009 Aug 28;4(2):81–87. doi: 10.1007/s11751-009-0062-3

Table 3.

 In 11 fractures we changed the device to a different one (1 device was broken and 10 jointed devices, all were changed in non jointed type) and we also used bone graft

Type of reoperations Change of the device to nonjointed plus bone graft Only bone graft Ilizarov circular frame Intramedullary nail Change 1 or 2 pins
Diagnosis (no of fractures) Nonunion (8 cases) delayed union (3 cases) Delayed union (7 cases) Osteomyelitis (3 cases) malunion (4 cases) nonunion (4 cases) Nonunion (6 cases) 7 cases

In 7 delayed unions we used only bone graft. In 11 cases we changed the device to an Ilizarov circular frame, in 6 nonunion cases to intramedullary nail and in 7 cases we changed only 1 or 2 pins