One-stage debridement and bone transport versus first-stage debridement and second-stage bone transport for the management of lower limb post-traumatic osteomyelitis

One-stage debridement and bone transport versus first-stage debridement and second-stage bone transport for the management of lower limb post-traumatic osteomyelitis

Background: Treatment of lower limb post-traumatic osteomyelitis used to be a staged process, with radical debridement of bone and soft tissues at first stage, followed by a second-stage limb reconstruction operation to restore the limb integrity. Some studies recently reported that achieving infect...

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Main Authors: Chun-Hao Zhou, Ying Ren, Hui-Juan Song, Abdulnassir Adem Ali, Xiang-Qing Meng, Lei Xu, Ph. D, MD, Hong-An Zhang, Jia Fang, Cheng-He Qin, Ph. D, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
Subjects:
Osteomylitis
Segmental bone defect
Bone transport
Distraction osteogenesis
External fixation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X20301595

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