Table 4.
Summary of patients treated with Masquelet technique
|
Cases
|
Stage 1
|
Stage 2
|
Time to 2nd stage (wk)
|
Further procedures
|
Bone defect (cm)
|
Gustilo-Anderson classification
|
| Patient 1 | IMN & cement spacer | Spacer removal and bone graft | 27 | None | 5 | 3A |
| Patient 2 | IMN & cement spacer | Spacer removal and bone graft | 23 | None | 3 | 3C |
| Patient 3 | IMN & cement spacer | Spacer removal and bone graft | 10 | TSF (infection) | 10 | 3B |
| Patient 4 | IMN & cement spacer | TSF | 9 | None | 6 | 3B |
| Patient 5 | IMN & cement spacer | Exchange nailing, cement removal and bone graft | 15 | TSF (infection) | 11 | 3B |
IMN: Intramedullary nail; TSF: Taylor spatial frame.