Stephen Frania

Director, Foot and Ankle Specialist of Ohio, Reconstructive Surgery and Deformity Correction Fellowship Program, Ohio, USA

Publications

• Original Article
  Orthoplastic consideration during distal tibia deformity and limb lengthening utilizing truelok hexapod circular external fixator
  Author(s): Edgardo Rodriguez-Collazo*, Stephen Frania and Hyrczyk Jeremy
  
  Background: This case study examines the utilization of Hexapod Truelok circular external fixation as well as the osteotomy site with respect to avoid further damage to the cutaneous perforators on patients that had a poor soft tissue envelope with performing angular lower limb deformity correction within the 55-year-old to 74-year-old age group with underlying comorbidities. Methods: A prospective study was done on 17 patients with angular tibial/fibular deformities. 9 of them were males and 8 of them were females. Fixation of all cases was performed with utilization of Hexapod Truelok external ring fixation with injection of bone marrow 9X concentrate drawn from the tibia to the osteotomy region during the initial surgical intervention. An additional peripheral blood along with bone marrow concentrate with fluoroscopi.. Read More»