Ilizarov bone transport combined with the Masquelet technique for bone defects of various etiologies (preliminary results)

Table 3 Main mean values of preoperative and postoperative data by combined use of Masquelet induced membrane technique + Ilizarov bone transport

Parameter	Subgroup A	Subgroup B
Number of previous surgeries per patient	2.0 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.7
LLD at admission (cm)	3.5 ± 0.5	6.0 ± 1.0
Defect size (сm)	3.6 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.3
True defect (LLD + bone gap) after debridement relative to the contralateral limb (%)	13.3 ± 1.7	31.0 ± 3.0
Time of spacer retention (d)	42.4 ± 4.5	55.8 ± 6.6
Duration of distraction (d)	43.0 ± 4.2	31.9 ± 4.2
Distraction regenerate size (cm)	3.1 ± 0.2	2.6 ± 0.2
Completeness of defect filling (%)	75.4 ± 10.6	34.6 ± 4.2
External fixation index per cm	143.5 ± 13.2	117.8 ± 8.5
Duration of total external fixation, including spacer retention time (d)	397.0 ± 15.3	270.1 ± 16.3
Mean follow-up time (mo)	20.8 ± 2.7	25.3 ± 2.3

LLD: Limb length discrepancy.