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Aseptic nonunion of the tibia about 40 cases by Drs. Bensaka Mohammed in Journal of Clinical Case Reports, Medical Images and Health Sciences

Aseptic nonunion of the tibia about 40 cases by Drs. Bensaka Mohammed in Journal of Clinical Case Reports, Medical Images and Health Sciences  Objective:  The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of the treatment of aseptic nonunion of the tibia by plating and bone grafting. Material and Methods: This retrospective study included 40 patients with aseptic nonunion of the tibia, treated in the Trauma-Orthopedic department B4 of CHU Hassan II in Fez-Morocco. The average age was 41 years (range 25–60 years). The initial fractures were in the middle third of the tibia for the majority of our patients. We used the ASAMI criteria to assess the results.  Results: We found 45 patients with aseptic nonunion of the tibia who were treated by the same surgical team and followed in postoperative consultation for a fixed period of 10 months. Three patients lost to follow-up and two patients refused the treatment. In 37 patients (92.5%), union wa...