Infected Nonunion Tibia with Bone and Soft-Tissue Defect: Treatment with TSF, Intentional Temporary Deformation and Bone Transport
摘要
This is a case of a 22 year old male with a subacute, infected, open-type IIIB tibial shaft fracture that presented to us 12 weeks later with infection and bone and soft tissue defect. After debridement of bone and soft tissue, treatment with the Taylor Spatial Frame (TSF, Smith and Nephew, Memphis, TN) was used to implement intentional shortening, deformation, and later bone transport. This approach avoided the need for a vascularized free flap.