10.1055/b-0034-86379 Anteroinferior plating of midshaft clavicular nonunionsSjoerd AS Stufkens, Peter Kloen Case description A 51-year-old healthy woman presented with a nonunion of the left clavicle. The initial fracture was sustained…
10.1055/b-0034-86377 Infected nonunion of the clavicleRené K Marti Case description A 30-year-old woman presented with an infected defect nonunion of the clavicular midshaft after internal plate fixation. Indication Any infected…
10.1055/b-0034-86378 Wave plate fixation of an atrophic midshaft clavicular nonunionRené K Marti Case description One year after trauma a severely dislocated clavicular fracture did not heal in a 26-year-old woman….
10.1055/b-0034-86369 Induced membranes—summaryTimothy G Weber, David P Barei Introduction The implantation of a methylmethacrylate bone cement spacer into the area of a bone defect has been noted to result in…
10.1055/b-0034-86362 Nonunion and the application of platelet-leukocyte gel (PLG) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)Gust van Montfort, Alexander H van der Veen, Peter AM Everts Platelets and platelet-leukocyte gel (PLG) Platelets…
10.1055/b-0034-86365 The role of decortication in the treatment of nonunionsRené K Marti Introduction Decortication and bone grafting is the most effective biological intervention to stimulate union of hypertrophic nonunions but…
10.1055/b-0034-86367 Open cancellous bone graftRené K Marti, Oldrich Čech Introduction The authors’ experience in the treatment of infected defect nonunions has been acquired over 40 years. In the early period…
10.1055/b-0034-86366 Autogenous bone grafting in the treatment of nonunionsRené K Marti, Christian van der Werken Introduction As early as 1867 the French surgeon Louis Ollier described his experience with free…
10.1055/b-0034-86368 Bone-graft substitutesLisa R Blackrick, John H Wilber Introduction The number of bone-grafting procedures has increased steadily for years with an estimated 2.2 million procedures carried out per year at…
10.1055/b-0034-86358 Evolution of treatment of nonunions Introduction Between 1969 and 1973 both authors were members of Hardi Weber′s team in St. Gallen, Switzerland. This period was only interrupted by a…
