Operative und nichtoperative Behandlung bei Pseudarthrosen

This review article summarizes our present knowledge on the physiological and on impaired processes in bone healing. All the clinical procedures applied are based on empirical clinical data and do not qualify as evidence-based medicine. Against this backdrop, high-energy shockwave treatment may well be a treatment alternative in selected patients who have already undergone surgery but are still suffering from a pseudarthrosis. For the time being, however, this form of therapy should be used only in clinical studies.