Fig. 1
From: Ilizarov bone transport for the treatment of fibular osteomyelitis: a report of five cases
A 20-year-old man with osteomyelitis of the left fibular was treated by Ilizarov bone transport. a Radiograph of a 20-year-old man (case 1) who had osteomyelitis of the left fibular. b Debridement of the site of infected nonunion with 10cm bone defect in fibular and corticotomy of fibular (red arrow) after application of the fixator. c Four months after operation with bone transport, bone ends contacted at the docking site. d Nine months after operation, it showed good consolidation of the regenerate, and bone union at the docking site was obtained by bone grafting. e The external fixator was removed after nine months of the surgery, and it showed complete bone union