Rekonstruktion und Stabilisierung nach fehlverheilten Frakturen und Pseudarthrosen im Femurbereich mit Marknagel und anderen Osteosyntheseverfahren (LISS-System)

Abstract

Malunion and nonunion after fracture present many difficulties in trauma surgery. Selection of the best therapy and operative techique requires careful analysis of the complications. Hyperthrophic nonunion of the femur shaft is mostly best treated with locking reamed nails. Significant differences in torsions after nailing can be corrected by repositioning of the distal interlocking screws if recognized sufficiently early. After fracture healing an open rotation osteotomy is necessary; stabilization can be achieved by means of medullary nails or a condylar plate. How a malalignment of the bone axis is corrected depends on the position of a malunion, the functional deficit caused, and the biomechanical demands on the joint. Condylar plates can often solve the problems in this region. There are also guidelines for ¶the treatment of atrophic and infected nonunions (recommended procedures are ¶aggressive debridement, autologous cancellous bone graft, and biological osteosynthesis), but the treatment of individual cases requires a exhaustive knowledge of and experience in this special field. It is quite common for even well-established procedures to fail. When the bone is biologically reduced and this is the reason for malunion newly developed techniques of internal fixation can be applied. The less invasive stabilization system (LISS), combined with autologous cancellous bone grafting if necessary, can result in healing even in a worst-case scenario.