This retrospective series of 113 patients (one with bilateral non-unions, 114 cases total: 90 uninfected, 24 infected) treated at Berne between 1967 and 1976 examines rigid internal fixation with compression. It asks whether stability alone heals hypertrophic non-union and when bone grafting is actually needed. Femoral neck non-unions were excluded.
This retrospective series of 113 patients (one with bilateral non-unions, 114 cases total: 90 uninfected, 24 infected) treated at Berne between 1967 and 1976 examines rigid internal fixation with compression. It asks whether stability alone heals hypertrophic non-union and when bone grafting is actually needed. Femoral neck non-unions were excluded.