Medical Articles/Presentations

Here are articles of interest that I’ve come across:

General Overview:

• Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia: Management and complications

 

McFarland Bypass Procedure:

• The McFarland By-Pass Procedure in Infantile Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia (1971)

 

• Prophylactic Bypass Grafting and Long-Term Bracing in the Management of Anterolateral Bowing of the Tibia  and Neurofibromatosis-1 (2008)

 

• McFarland Bypass Presentation by Dr. Lori Karol (Dec. 2018)
  (Video is does not contain graphic images)

 

Dror Paley”s “Kitchen Sink” Surgery:

• Paley’s Chapter on the X-Union Protocol 
  (Warning: Contains full-color graphic images)

 

Use of BMPs:

• Preliminary experience with the combined use of recombinant
  bone morphogenetic protein and bisphosphonates in the treatment
  of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia

 

Use of Bone Stimulation:

• Acceleration of Tibial Fracture-Healing
  by Non-Invasive, Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound

 

• Improved healing response in delayed unions of
  the tibia with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound:
  results of a randomized sham-controlled trial

 

• Low intensity pulsed ultrasound for bone healing:
  systematic review of randomized controlled trials

 

A special thank you to my friend Valerie, who has been awesome helping me run down medical articles I’ve had trouble accessing.  You don’t know how much you’ve helped.  You’re totally Amazing!