[Treatment of infected pseudoarthroses with electrodynamic field therapy]

The electrodynamic field treatment, its method and fundamentals in the therapy of infected, atrophic pseudarthrosis are described. In addition to the common principles of treatment, particularly the transplantation of autologous spongious bone is of great importance. The bone graft reestablishes normal electrical conduction within the pseudarthrosis and as a reactive receptor for the applied a.c.-potentials consolidates the defect. Up to now in 8 years of employing this method 271 patients, suffering from pseudarthroses have been treated, 91 of them had an infected, often atrophic pseudarthrosis. In each group in 92% of the cases bony healing could be achieved. Some case reports demonstrate clinic and therapy.