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Table 4 Summary of patients treated with Masquelet technique

Cases	Stage 1	Stage 2	Time to 2nd stage (wk)	Further procedures	Bone defect (cm)	Gustilo-Anderson classification
Patient 1	IMN & cement spacer	Spacer removal and bone graft	27	None	5	3A
Patient 2	IMN & cement spacer	Spacer removal and bone graft	23	None	3	3C
Patient 3	IMN & cement spacer	Spacer removal and bone graft	10	TSF (infection)	10	3B
Patient 4	IMN & cement spacer	TSF	9	None	6	3B
Patient 5	IMN & cement spacer	Exchange nailing, cement removal and bone graft	15	TSF (infection)	11	3B

IMN: Intramedullary nail; TSF: Taylor spatial frame.