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Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Antibiotic artificial bone implantation and external fixation for the treatment of infection after intramedullary nail fixation: a retrospective study of 33 cases

Fig. 1

Typical case. A 37-year-old male patient with fracture of the femur due to traffic injury. Two months after intramedullary nail fixation, the patient developed swelling, ulceration, and purulent discharge on the medial femur. a preoperative radiographs showed intramedullary nail fixation of the femoral fracture. b one week after operation, radiographs showed that the intramedullary nail had been removed, the upper femoral medullary cavity was filled with artificial bone particles, and the external fixation was performed. c forty-five days after operation, bone callus can be seen at the fracture end, artificial bone particles were absorbed. d four months after operation, the callus grew well and the artificial bone particles were absorbed completely. e six months after operatian, the callus grew well and the external fixation was performed. f seven months after operation, the callus grew well and the external fixation was performed. g eight months after operation, the callus grew well and the extermal fixation was performed. h eleven months after operation, the fracture was healed, and the external fixator was removed. i sixteen months after operation, radiographs showed that the fracture healed well

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