Table 1.

Characteristics of eight patients with posttraumatic (n = 7) or postoperative (n = 1) chronic osteomyelitis

Sex	Age (year)	Affected limb	Cause	Primary treatment	Duration (year)	Soft tissue	Sinus tract	Culture	Previous surgeries (n)a	Coverage with flap
Male	56	Femur dx	Traffic accident	Intramed nail, removed	37	Good	No	Staff Aureus, Propionibacterium	2	No
Male	28	Tibia sin	Bomb explosion	Conservative treatment	20	Poor	Yes, single	Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca	?	Yes
Male	57	Tibia sin	Traffic accident	External fixation	38	Poor	Yes, single	Staph Aureus	1	Yes
Male	53	Femur dx	Bomb explosion	Conservative treatment	22	Very poor	Yes, multiple	Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4	Yes
Male	49	Tibia dx	Traffic accident	External fixation	12	Poor	Yes, single	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Propionibacterium	1	Yes
Male	58	Ankle arthrodesis	Rheumatoid arthritis	Screw fixation, removed	13	Poor	Yes, single	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5	Yes
Male	55	Tibia dx	Traffic accident	Plate fixation, removed	2	Poor	Yes, single	Clostridium, Propionibacterium	1	Yes
Male	64	Femur sin	Traffic accident	Intramed nail, removed	33	Very poor	Yes, single	Serratia, Staph Epidermidis	7	Yes

^aNumber of documented failed previous surgical interventions intended to address the infection. Other surgical procedures are not included