Some clinical problems are difficult to manage with conventional treatments. This includes periarticular fractures and segmental fractures, which are not suitable for intramedullary nailing or plating. Sometimes, fractures, that have been treated, fail to unite with metalwork failure, loosening or infection. Patients may present to their GP or Orthopaedic Surgeon with limb deformities having no easy method of management. Limbs may be short from childhood disease or bone loss from a fracture. Feet may be deformed from club foot, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. These are often only amenable to particular methods, especially circular (Ilizarov) frames, to deal with the clinical problem.

Often patients have been told in the past that ‘nothing can be done’. They may have repeated GP or orthopaedic clinic attendances with no progress.

We want to make access to this treatment easy and rapid, so that patients can be treated in a timely fashion, and avoid them languishing in your hospital beds, blocking them from use by other acute patients, and being vunerable to hospital acquired infections. We can convert the non-weight bearing patient, into a weight bearing patient, to allow easier discharge planning. We will take your complex pilon fractures, shatzker 5/6 and segmental fractures.