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The ability to stimulate neo-osteogenesis by means of the tensionstress effect permits us to encourage healing of bone fragments, restore length and thickness of osseous tissue, and also activate biosynthetic processes, thereby increasing local resistance to infection. Based upon these principles, we have developed techniques to eliminate purulent cavities by stimulating the formation of new bone tissue. We also have devised percutaneous methods of treating pseudarthroses complicated by chronic osteomyelitis (and septic skeletal defects) — often without the concomitant use of antibiotics.
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Ilizarov, G.A. (1992). The Treatment of Pseudarthroses Complicated by Osteomyelitis and the Elimination of Purulent Cavities. In: Transosseous Osteosynthesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84388-4_10
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