Outcomes of Infected Non-unions of Distal Femur Managed with the Masquelet Method and Ilizarov Ring Fixator.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Distal femur infected non-union management is very challenging especially when there is late presentation and after multiple intervention. Various methods have been described and studied in the literature for infected non-union of femur which includes bone transport by fixators (ring fixators/monolateral frames) and by Masquelet method.

Objectives

To study the clinical and radiological outcomes and study the effect on quality of life by patient-reported outcomes (EQ5D5L) and VAS (Visual Analog Scale) score in patients of infected non-union of distal femur managed with combination of Masquelet method and Ilizarov ring fixator.

Patients and methods

Eleven patients aged between 18 and 60 years, both sexes, presenting with infected non-union of distal femur wer

SUBMITTER: Rathod A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11628480 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature