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The mean femoral defect was 8.7\u00a0cm (range 5.6\u201316.0).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Intervention<\/jats:title><jats:p>We used plate-assisted bone segment transport (PABST) with PRECICE magnetic nails.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All five patients have fully consolidated. The mean consolidation time and index were 7.5\u00a0months and 0.8\u00a0mo\/cm, respectively. The mean follow-up was 21.3\u00a0months. The main complications were reduced knee ROM, mild varus deformity and plate bending. Post-operative SF-36, Oxford Knee scores and ED-5Q-5L scores were also compiled for four of five patients. SF-36 and Oxford Knee scores were reported without pre-injury data for comparison. ED-5Q-5L index and VAS were compared UK population norm and were both found to be statistically insignificant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.071 and<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.068, respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Bone transport with magnetic nails has the capacity to obtain good functional recovery in long bone defects despite variable outcome pictures. 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