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Tetrafocal leg reconstruction using combined Ilizarov/TSF technique

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Treatment of segmental tibial bone defects after high-energy trauma or atrophic nonunion resection is challenging. In the last two decades, distraction osteogenesis Ilizarov bone transport has become a gold standard for the treatment of segmental tibial bone defects and lengthening in spite of the fact that frequent frame modifications and the need for sequential correction of deformities during bone transport are the main limitations of the device itself. The Taylor Spatial Frame applies the concept of the Stewart platform to the standard Ilizarov frame while applying the same principles of distraction osteogenesis postulated by Ilizarov. We report the case of a patient with two problems we could treat simultaneously: an ankle equinus contracture (a consequence of limb leg discrepancy) and infected tibial nonunion and soft-tissue damage complication after plating in a 41A3 type II Gustilo fracture of the left leg.

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None of authors have received financial support related to this study. The authors did not receive any outside funding or grants in support of their research for or preparation of this work. Neither they nor a member of their immediate families received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity.

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Correspondence to Francesco Sala.

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The Current study was approved by Ethical Board Review of Niguarda’s Hospital, Milan, Italy.

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Sala, F., Talamonti, T. & Agus, M.A. Tetrafocal leg reconstruction using combined Ilizarov/TSF technique. Musculoskelet Surg 95, 151–155 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12306-011-0116-9

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