Distraction Osteogenesis | 32 options from KLS Martin

Watch the video and learn about the 32 options from KLS Martin Group for distraction osteogenesis. The insights regarding bone lengthening which the Russian surgeon Gavril Ilizarov gained in the 1950s are standard knowledge today. Distraction osteogenesis is based on the body’s own ability to cause a fracture to heal and is described as the process of new bone formation between osteotomized bone segments that are gradually separated by incremental traction. Precisely, the process is initiated when distraction forces are applied to the callus formed between the two bone parts, and continues as long as these tissues are stretched; generally at a rate of 1 mm per day. The traction generates tension that stimulates new callus formation and in this way bone is lengthened continuously.