The aim of the study was to assess the outcome of internal fixation using two ordinary plates with autogenous bone grafting in the management of non-union of femoral shaft fractures over a period of eleven years. A retrospective study of double plating and autogenous bone grafting for un-united femoral shaft fractures performed by the two Senior Authors between 1996 and 2007. During this period, twenty-one cases were carried out. Details of preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative findings were assessed. Postoperative follow up was recorded over a period of minimum two years. The procedure was performed using two ordinary plates; a broad lateral and narrow anterior plates. Autogenous cancellous grafts from iliac crest were used in all of the cases, and in some, half fibulas were inserted through the medullary canal of the femur.Background
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