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. 2008 Dec 4;33(5):1407–1414. doi: 10.1007/s00264-008-0709-6

Table 3.

Summary of treatment in group 1

Site of tibial nonunion n Primary treatment after initial injury First treatment after diagnosis of nonunion (n) Subsequent revision surgery
Proximal 2 ORIF Proximal Tibia ORIF + ICBG (1) (0)
ICBG alone (1)
Mid-shaft 7 IM nailing Exchange IM nailing + ICBG (4) None (4)
ICBG alone (3) Exchange IM nailing (2)
Dynamisation IM nail (1)
Distal 3 ORIF Distal Tibia ORIF+ ICBG (1) (0)
ICBG alone (2)

ORIF open reduction internal fixation, IM intramedullary, ICBG iliac-crest-bone-graft, BMP-7 bone morphogenetic protein-7