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From: Coating the plate with antibiotic cement to treat early infection after fracture fixation with retention of the implants: a technical note

Fig. 1

A 11-year-old male suffered an infection of the tibia after fracture fixation, he was treated with coated plate technique. The tibia fracture (a-b) was fixed with plate in the local hospital (c-d). He suffered an infection 9 days after surgery, the wound was breakdown and purulent drainage was seen (e). A thorough debridement was performed (f), the implant was still stable after debridement (g), therefore it was maintained and coated with antibiotic cement (h). The wound healed uneventfully after the surgery (i). The bone healed and no recurrent infection was seen at last follow-up (j-k)

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