Induced membrane technique combined with a retrograde intramedullary nail for the treatment of infected bone defects of the ankle.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we treated infected ankle bone defects with the induced membrane two-stage technique. The ankle was fused with a retrograde intramedullary nail in the second stage, and the aim of this study was to observe the clinical effect. We retrospectively enrolled patients with infected bone defects of the ankle admitted to our hospital between July 2016 and July 2018. In the first stage, the ankle was temporarily stabilized with a locking plate, and antibiotic bone cement was used to fill the defects after debridement. In the second stage, the plate and cement were removed, the ankle was stabilized with a retrograde nail, and tibiotalar-calcaneal fusion was performed. Then, autologous bone was used to rebuild the defects. The infection control rate, fusion success rate and complicati

SUBMITTER: Fu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature