Table 1.

Preoperative data

Patient	Sex	Age, years	Aetiology	Comorbidities	Fixation	Flap
1	Male	66	Chronic distal tibial osteomyelitis	Schizophrenia diabetes	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled
2	Female	43	Infected distal tibial pseudarthrosis	None	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled
3	Female	38	Infected distal tibial pseudarthrosis	None	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled
4	Male	49	Chronic distal tibial osteomyelitis	None	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled
5	Male	26	Chronic tibio-talar infection osteomyelitis	Vascular injured limb	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled
6	Male	49	Atrophic distal tibial pseudarthrosis	None	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled
7	Female	43	Infected midshaft leg pseudarthrosis	None	Ilizarov external fixator	Free flap
8	Female	58	Chronic distal tibial osteomyelitis	None	Two Steinmann pins	Pedicled