Treatment of a chronic recurrent fistulized tibial osteomyelitis: administration of a novel antibiotic-loaded bone substitute combined with a pedicular muscle flap sealing.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23136563.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00590-012-0956-5 and PMC identifier 3486993.
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Abstract
Persistent osteomyelitis is a severe and challenging problem in bone surgery. We describe a surgical intervention in a young adult which combines a bone debridement process, a plastic muscle flap sealing and the administration of a novel bone substitution material with anti-infective properties. After 1 year, the patient showed no signs or symptoms of a reoccurrence of infection with full load capacity of the treated leg.
Anatomy
- tibia