Silvio Caravelli, Giuseppe Ambrosino, Emanuele Vocale, Marco Di Ponte, Giulia Puccetti, Carlo Perisano, Tommaso Greco, Vito Gaetano Rinaldi, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, Stefano Zaffagnini, Massimiliano Mosca
Background and Objectives : Treating segmental tibial and ankle bone loss after radical surgery for chronic osteomyelitis is one of the most challenging problems encountered by orthopaedic surgeons. Open tibia and ankle fractures occur with an incidence of 3.4 per 100,000 and 1.6 per 100,000, respectively, and there is a high propensity of developing fracture-related infection with associated chronic osteomyelitis in patients. Segmental tibial and ankle bone loss have recently received new and improved treatments...
November 14, 2022: Medicina