Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy of Nonunion or Delayed Osseous Union
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Vol. 387 (387), 90-94
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003086-200106000-00012
Abstract
One hundred fifteen patients with nonunions or delayed fracture healing were treated with high-energy shock waves. After shock wave treatment, immobilization of the fracture also was done. The followup was at least 3 months and as long as 4 years. In 87 patients (75.7%), one treatment with shock waves resulted in bony consolidation with a simultaneous decrease in symptoms. Besides negligible local reactions (swelling, hematomas, petechial hemorrhages), no complications were observed. The treatment was noninvasive, and personnel and technical requirements were not problematic. The authors concluded that the application of extracorporeal shock wave therapy should be the first choice of treatment for patients with nonunions and delayed bone fracture healing.Keywords
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