Table 3.

Previous reports on the use of distraction and compression in treatment of long bone fractures, delayed unions, and nonunions.

Authors	Number of patients	Indication	Successful outcome	Technique for distraction-compression
Kulkarni 2004 [29]	N/A	Hypertrophic nonunion	N/A	Distraction 0.5 mm/day for 20 days, then stopping for the next 20 days, and finally compression
Inan et al. 2005 [30]	11	Femoral pseudarthrosis	100% (11/11)	Cyclic compression and distraction at the nonunion site
Madhusudhan et al. 2008 [14]	2	Tibial nonunion	100% (2/2)	Compression and distraction (no details)
Laursen et al. 2000 [18]	2	Tibial nonunions	50% (1/2)	Alternating distraction (1 week) with compression (1 week), until callus visible on X-ray
Chand et al. 2010 [31]	2	Nonunion of long bone fractures	100% (2/2)	Compression and distraction technique (no details)