[Indications and complications in the treatment of infected femur pseudarthroses (author's transl)].

Indications given, the adequately dimensioned plate osteosynthesis must be preferred to any other treatment for stabilizing an infected femur pseudarthrosis, regardless of the osseous support. Otherwise the fixateur externe is indicated. Its assembly on the upper leg requires a special knowledge which reflects the individual bone- and soft-tissue-assessments. We distinguish between fixateur type I to IV on the upper leg, all of which are exemplified. Complications are at first mainly loss of blood and infective activity, later chronic soft-tissue fistulae, abscesses, osteomyelitic residual cavities, and spontaneous fractures. A study analyses the treatment and the late results of 96 infected femur pseudarthroses.