J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev 2022 Jun 21;6(6). Epub 2022 Jun 21.
From the Orthopedic Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Aurillac, France (Deluzarches); the Research & Development Department, I.Ceram, Limoges, France (Poli, and Barriere); and the Infectious Diseases Department, ELSAN Polyclinique de Limoges, Limoges, France (Denes).
To describe the use of a porous alumina ceramic loaded with antibiotics for the reconstruction of bilateral tibial fractures in a patient who presented with bone loss and infection after a motorcycle road injury. A 70-year-old man presented open fractures of his both tibiae (proximal involvement on the right side and diaphyseal on the left side). After initial treatment with multiple débridements and the placement of bilateral external fixators, he had bone loss to both tibiae and had developed infections of both legs with multiple organisms identified (Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Enterobacter cloacae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Read More