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Tibia Antibiotic Intramedullary Nail

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JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
Volume 35, Issue -, Pages S46-S47

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002182

Keywords

antibiotic intramedullary nail; cement spacer; tibia

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The video shows the process of creating and inserting an antibiotic cement spacer in the form of an intramedullary nail for treating infected nonunion of the tibia.
This video depicts the materials and steps for creating an antibiotic cement spacer in the form of an intramedullary nail and demonstrates how to insert the nail into a tibia. The indication for this patient was a history of a type 3B open tibia fracture 6 months before treated with an intramedullary nail that subsequently developed an infected nonunion.

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