Posterior bone-grafting for infected ununited fracture of the tibia
Freeland, A.E.; Mutz, S.B.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 58(5): 653-657
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355 PMID: 777006 Document Number: 96637
Twenty-three patients with severe open tibial fractures complicated by established deep infection and delay or failure of union were treated with posterior tibial bone-grafting. This was followed by immediate ambulation in a plaster cast. Tibial union was achieved in all twenty-three patients. Drainage ceased prior to or simultaneously with union in twenty-one patients, including twelve of fourteen patients who had indolent drainage from the anterior compartment of the leg at the time of posterior tibial bone-grafting.