Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2017.
World J Orthop. Jun 18, 2017; 8(6): 471-477
Published online Jun 18, 2017. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v8.i6.471
Table 1 Patient and fracture data and treatment
PatientAge (yr)Bones involvedOpen/closedInitial treatmentSpecimentsTime to infection resolution (wk)Bone defect andintercalary graft size (cm)Time to healing (mo)
127RadiusClosedIntramedullary rodS. epidermidis62.25
231UlnaOpenORIFS. aureus41.84
341RadiusClosedORIFS. aureus61.52
424UlnaClosedORIFS. hominis + K. pneumoniae82.04
519UlnaClosedIntramedullary rodS. epidermidis61.83
642UlnaClosedORIFP. aeruginosa82.06
739UlnaOpenORIFS. aureus61.63
834RadiusClosedORIFS. aureus1+ P. aeruginosa202.24
945UlnaClosedIntramedullary rodS. aureus81.73
1025Radius + UlnaOpenORIF + intram. rodS. aureus + P. acnes82.28
1157UlnaOpenExternal fixatorS. aureus104.07
1238UlnaClosedORIFS. epidermidis61.84
1320Radius + UlnaOpenExternal fixatorS. aureus62.88
1431UlnaClosedClose reductionS. aureus102.04
1552RadiusClosedORIFS. aureus122.55
1640UlnaOpenExternal fixatorS. epidermidis65.010
1722UlnaClosedIntramedullary rodS. aureus61.84
1834RadiusClosedORIFP. aeruginosa122.56
Table 2 Results
PatientAge (yr)Follow-up (yr)AndersonADLs limitationsJob limitationsVAS
1276ExcellentNoNo0
2314SatisfactoryNoNo0
3418SatisfactoryNoNo0
4243SatisfactorySlightSlight1
51910SatisfactoryNoNo0
6424SatisfactorySlightSlight2
73910SatisfactoryNoSlight1
8348ExcellentNoNo0
9454ExcellentNoNo0
10256SatisfactoryNoSlight2
11574UnsatisfactorySevereSevere2
12385ExcellentNoNo0
13208SatisfactorySlightSlight2
14318SatisfactoryNoNo0
15522UnsatisfactorySevereSevere3
16404UnsatisfactorySevereSevere3
17226ExcellentNoNo0
18348SatisfactoryNoSlight1