Abstract
The use of low intensity pulsed ultrasound accelerates cortical and cancellous bone fracture healing. Seventeen patients with eighteen high-energy fractures of the long bones were treated with low intensity pulsed ultrasound supplementation to surgical skeletal stabilization and tissue flaps. Sixteen fractures were healed within 13-52 weeks after starting ultrasound supplementation despite severe soft-tissue injuries and varying degrees of tissue loss. This method may be useful in the combined treatment of high-energy limb injuries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 915-917 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Ultrasonics |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1-9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of Ultrasonics International 2003 - Granada, Spain Duration: 30 Jun 2003 → 3 Jul 2003 |
Keywords
- Exogen
- Ilizarov external fixation
- Open fractures
- Ultrasound