Are there any OTHER applications and uses for Ilizarov device?
YES!!! For Example: -Ilizarov’s method of treatment can be used for about one thousand different types of bone, joint and soft tissue cases. Ilizarov procedure can be used with perfect results for: – Cosmetic bone lengthening (for example- to increase height of dwarfs), – Congenital and acquired limb shortening for equalizing leg lengths, – Joints reconstruction, – Nonunion fractures (infected and not infected, , Osteomyelitis), – Long bone defects, due to Chronic bone infection, severe open trauma (gunshot fractures), tumours, in-born defects and others, – limb deformities, with shortening or without it, – Complicated and severe fractures management, – Poliomyelitis: lengthening, thickening and fine shaping of shin and foot, – Vascular disease, such as obliterating endarteritis and others.
