Twelve cases of non-union of long bone were treated with our new method utilizing massive auto-iliac bone graft.
Three cases were female and nine male with a mean age at the time of surgery of 48.2 years (34 to 72). The mean length of follow up was two years (7 months to 5 years 2 months). The site of non-union was the clavicle in 3, humerus in 4, fore arm in 2, femur in 2 and tibia in 1.
Eleven of 12 cases united solidly with the majority uniting within 5 months after surgery. In one fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus, the grafted bone was absorbed and the internal fixation device (spiral pin) broken. In one clavicular fracture, refracture occurred after removal of internal fixation but went on to achieve union after the second internal fixation.