Fig. 2

A 59-year-old male suffered calcaneus infection after fracture fixation, and was treated with irrigation, debridement, and retention of the implant combined with systemic and local antibiotic therapy. X-ray after fracture fixation showed the fracture was comminuted (a-b). 25 days after initial surgery, a thorough debridement was performed because of infection, two loose screws were removed, the plates were coated with antibiotic cement, and the bone defect was filled with antibiotic cement spacer (c-d). 8 months later, the bone cement(g) and the implants (h) were removed, and the cavity bone defect was filled with iliac bone grafts (i-j). At last follow- up, the bone was healed (e-f)