Table 2.

Certification of the Ilizarov techniques by the USSR certification board and publications in the indexed journals

	Certification of the method	Publication of clinical studies
Long bone fracture union and pseudarthrosis (including complicated by infection)	Applied on 09.06.52 Published on 17.08.1954	November 1972 [13]
Long bone defects (including complicated by osteomyelitis) (bone transport)	07.01.1967 Published on 07.09.1971	September 1969 [14, 15] November 1973
Hip arthrodesis, femur lengthening	Applied on 07.01.67 05.10.1971	June 1969, May 1973 [16, 17]
Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia	n/a	February, 1969 [18]
Long bone lengthening	Applied on 21.03.1971 Published on 05.10.1974	March, 1969 [19]
Long bone deformity correction	Applied on 04.09.72 Published on 05.07.1975	March 1969 [19]
Long bone thickening	Applied on 26.03.74 Published on 25.09.1975	November 1979 [10]
Ankle joint arthrodesis	n/a	November 1976 [20]
Clubfoot	Applied on 26.03.74 Published on 25.09.1975	May 1983 [21]
Foot deformity correction and lengthening	Applied on 12.04.76 Published on 25.09.1975	November 1983 [22]
Hip disorders	Applied on 25.12.72 Published on 25.06.1978	1982 [23]
Comminuted fractures	Applied on 03.10.73 Published on 05.05.1978	January 1983 [24]