To the problem of classification of femoral shaft defects, complicated by posttraumatic chronic osteomyelitis

Abstract

On the basis of differential analysis of clinical-and-roentgenological manifestations of pathology and results of treatment of 71 patients with femoral shaft defects, complicated by posttraumatic chronic osteomyelitis, we have worked out and proposed the part of the classification "Classification of femoral shaft defects, complicated by posttraumatic chronic osteomyelitis". It allows to optimize the diagnostics and select tactics of treatment for this complex category of patients.