Case report: Restoration of an open 12 cm femoral defect treated with the Masquelet technique in a 20-year-old polytrauma

Infected post-traumatic femoral defects are challenging to treat, and limited options exist. The case of a 20-year-old polytrauma male who sustained a segmental femur fracture involving the femoral neck, distal femur and an intermediate diaphyseal bone defect of 12 cm is presented. The patient decli...

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Autores principales: Chloros, George D., Howard, Anthony, Kanakaris, Nikolaos K., Giannoudis, Peter V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8639465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34901374
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100563
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Sumario:Infected post-traumatic femoral defects are challenging to treat, and limited options exist. The case of a 20-year-old polytrauma male who sustained a segmental femur fracture involving the femoral neck, distal femur and an intermediate diaphyseal bone defect of 12 cm is presented. The patient declined a long-term frame in his femur. The 2-stage Masquelet procedure resulted in successful outcome with limb preservation.

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