Intramedullary Antibiotic Depot Does Not Preclude Successful Intramedullary Lengthening or Compression. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The challenging problem of long bone infection and limb length difference cannot be addressed using only an antibiotic-coated nonmagnetic static nail. The combined use of resorbable calcium sulfate and magnetic lengthening nails offers a possible solution to this dilemma, as well as for infected nonunions that require compression. We present a combined technique to treat or prevent infection using femoral or tibial intramedullary antibiotic delivery with an absorbable calcium sulfate depot and concomitant internal lengthening or compression using a nail. Adequate débridement is required in cases of established infection and is a prerequisite for this technique.

publication date

  • August 1, 2021

Research

keywords

  • Bone Lengthening
  • Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC8253503

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85112125079

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002054

PubMed ID

  • 33395176

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 35

issue

  • 8