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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 90-B, Issue 6, 806-809.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B6.20147  
Copyright © 2008 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Intramedullary application of bone morphogenetic protein in the management of a major bone defect after an Ilizarov procedure

K. J. Burkhart, MD, Resident Trauma Surgery1; and P. M. Rommens, MD, PhD, Director1

Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr K. J. Burkhart; e-mail: burkhart{at}unfall.klinik.unimainz.de

We describe a patient with insufficient bone regeneration of the tibia after bone transport over an intramedullary nail, in whom union was ultimately achieved after exchange nailing and intramedullary application of rh-bone morphogenetic protein-7 at the site of distraction.




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