Table 5.
Treatment of infected cases
|
Cases
|
Organism
|
Treatment
|
Gustilo-Anderson classification
|
| Patient 1 (M 62) | Staphylococcus, Clostridium | IMN converted to TSF after positive samples | 3B |
| Patient 2 (F 72) | Staphylococcus | TSF | 3B |
| Patient 3 (F 62) | Staphylococcus | TSF | 3B |
| Patient 4 (F 22) | Staphylococcus | IMN (2nd stage Masquelet converted to TSF after positive microbiology samples) | 3B |
| Patient 5 (M 32) | Staphylococcus | IMN (2nd stage Masquelet converted to TSF after positive microbiology samples) | 3B |
M: Male; F: Female; IMN: Intramedullary nail; TSF: Taylor spatial frame.