PREVALENCE OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTIC AND DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL PSEUDOARTHROSIS OF THE TIBIA: ILIZAROV SURGERY
Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT) which is characterized by persistent nonunion because of fractures of the tibia and the presence of fibrous tissue between parts of the fractured bone.The study aimed to Prevalence of clinical characteristic and diagnosis of congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia: Ilizarov surgery. This retrospective study included patients with congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT) treated by segmental resection and the Ilizarov technique with a minimum follow-up period of 2 years. Surgeries were performed between 20011 and 2016 by a single orthopedic surgeon. In this study showed 17 patients: 12 (70.5%) males and five (29.4%) females. The mean age at the index surgery was 6.4 ± 3.8 (range, 3–10) years. The right leg was affected in ten (58.8%) patients, while the left was affected in seven (41.1%) patients. Ten patients had not been operated on for CPT before, while seven patients had one to five previous failed surgeries. Time from the first surgery to our interference was 3.8 ± 3.0 (range, 1–2.5) years. Seven patients had neurofibromatosis. Ilizarov surgery has a high association rate and can simultaneous synchronous powerful administration of issues with pseudarthrosis, including non-association, distortion, appendage shortening, and contiguous joint contracture and subluxation