Bifocal surgery for deformity and bone loss after lower-limb fractures. Comparison of bone-transport and compression-distraction methods.

We report the results in the first 16 patients treated in Sheffield using bifocal techniques for diaphyseal bone loss and deformity secondary to trauma. Eight patients had bone-transport and eight had compression-distraction methods. At a mean follow-up of 24 months all 16 had excellent or good results with union of the fracture, correction of deformity and normal or near normal leg length. There were no major complications. Mean treatment times were 16 months for bone transport and 9.8 months for compression-distraction. Bone transport was more complicated requiring an average of 2.2 additional operations compared with only one for compression-distraction. Femoral cases had shorter treatment indices than tibial cases but had less favourable outcomes.

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