Reaming in treatment of non-unions in long bones: cytokine expression course as a tool for evaluation of non-union therapy

摘要

The analysis of peripheral serum cytokine expression patterns has been shown to be a possible method for demonstrating changes in bone metabolism. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this method within the treatment of long bone non-union with intramedullary reaming, a well-established non-union treatment concept.