BACKGROUND: Bone defect in long bones is a problem in orthopaedic which needs proper treatment to restore limb length and function of the limb. There are various treatment modalities available to fill the detect like bone grafting, vascularised bone graft, allograft and bone transport through fixators (Ring or Uniplanner). This study was done to determine the outcome of locally manufactured External Fixator (Naseer and Awais ) in the management of tibial bone defect due to @entity130 . METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted on 20 @entity1 in orthopedic department in Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar and Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad, from Nov 1997 to Nov 2002. @entity1 from either gender aged between 20 to 50 years, having tibial bone defect of more than five centimeter due to @entity130 were included in the study. Follow up was done for two years. Outcome measures were adopted according to the classification of the Association for the Study and Application of the Method of llizarov (ASAMI) based on clinical (functional) and radiological findings (defect filling). RESULTS: Out of 20 @entity1 14 (70%) were males and 6 (30%) were female @entity1 . Right tibia was involved in 12 @entity1 (60%) and left tibia in 8 @entity1 (40%). @entity154 due to firearm injury were in 14 @entity1 (70%) and road traffic accidents were in 6 @entity1 (30%). Radiological (bony) results were excellent in 12 @entity1 (60%), good in 2 @entity1 (10%), fair in 3 @entity1 (15%) and poor in 3 @entity1 (15%). Clinical (functional) results were excellent in 7 @entity1 (35%), good in 8 @entity1 (40%), fair in 4 @entity1 (20%,) and poor in 1 @entity1 (5%,). Post operative complications after distraction osteogenesis were pin tract infections in 8 @entity1 (40%), Axial deviations in 6 @entity1 (30%), foot equinus in 4 @entity1 (20%) and refracture in 1 @entity1 (5%). CONCLUSION: Uniplanner locally manufactured (NASEER _ AWAIS) External Fixator for distraction osteogenesis is cheap, easy to apply and gives excellent and comparable results in @entity79 .

Management of XXXX due to high energy @entity130 using the locally manufactured external fixator by segmental bone transport.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity154 :: ('MESH:D000013', 'Disease') :: ['Bony defects'] @entity79 :: ('MESH:D001847', 'Disease') :: ['tibial bone defects'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity79 :: (MESH:D001847,Disease) :: ['tibial bone defects']
