1. Tibia Antibiotic Intramedullary Nail
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Lauren M. Tatman, Vamshi Gajari, and William T. Obremskey
- Subjects
musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bone healing ,Bone Nails ,law.invention ,Intramedullary rod ,law ,Fracture fixation ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Tibia ,Infected nonunion ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Fracture Healing ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Antibiotic cement ,musculoskeletal system ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary ,Surgery ,Tibial Fractures ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Open tibia fracture ,Nail (anatomy) ,business - Abstract
SUMMARY This video depicts the materials and steps for creating an antibiotic cement spacer in the form of an intramedullary nail and demonstrates how to insert the nail into a tibia. The indication for this patient was a history of a type 3B open tibia fracture 6 months before treated with an intramedullary nail that subsequently developed an infected nonunion.
- Published
- 2021
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