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Fig. 7 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 7

From: Varying degrees of spontaneous osteogenesis of Masquelet’s induced membrane: experimental and clinical observations

Fig. 7

A 29-year-old male patient with a grade I IMSO. (a,b) AP and lateral radiographs showing the cement spacer of PMMA inserted in the tibial defects after resection due to osteomyelitis. (c) Intraoperative exploration revealing the IM (yellow arrow) was thin (1 mm) at three months after insertion of the cement spacer. (d) Intraoperative exploration revealing the IM was thicker (2–3 mm) and harder (yellow arrow) at six months compared to three months

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