Extracorporeal shock wave treatment of nonunion and delayed union of the clinical reports.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Extracorporeal shock wave treatment of nonunion and delayed union of the clinical reports [Abstract] observed extracorporeal shock wave instrument and the treatment of nonunion of clinical efficacy of delayed bone healing. [Method] 14 patients with lithotripsy and 5 cases of nonunion in patients with delayed bone healing, according to select the frequency and impact in different parts of the number of fractures side instability were treated with plaster or splintage 6 to 8 weeks, after 6,12 weeks and every 4 weeks after the review of X ray films. [Results] All patients received 6 to 26 months (mean 11 months) .19 patients were followed up 12 patients obtained after the first shock wave treatment of bone healing, and 4 the second time again extracorporeal shock wave treatment and, ultimately, bone healing, fracture healing time averaged 4.3 months (6 weeks to 6 months) , extracorporeal shock wave therapy 84.2% total efficiency. [Conclusion] extracorporeal shock wave therapy of nonunion and delayed bone healing, simple, less invasive, has a good effect. [Keywords:] nonunion, delayed union, extracorporeal shock wave, high-energy extracorporeal shock wave, nonunion, fracture, delayed union Nonunion and delayed union is a common complication of fractures, the traditional internal fixation and bone graft is still an effective method of treatment. But requires open surgery, and there are more complications, in recent years, with the minimally invasive treatment techniques and the development of the concept, the new emerging non-surgical treatment, the use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy is not only one of the .2007 February to April 2009 we use extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for treatment of 19 cases of nonunion and delayed union patients achieved a certain effect, are reported below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information Of the 19 patients, 13 males and 6 females, aged 17 to 64 years old, average 43.6 yea