[Treatment of infected pseudarthroses of the tibia complicated by defects of soft tissues]

On the basis of experience in the treatment of 51 patients with infected false joints of the tibia the authors conclude that local circulatory disorders play the decisive role in the genesis of nonunion of the fracture. The recommended methods for removal of the soft tissue defect by various types of pedicled skin grafts in combination with fixation of the fragments and plastic repair, in some cases, of the false joint zone with demineralized bone allografts made it possible to remove the inflammatory process radically and achieve consolidation in 94% of patients who were operated on.