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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 9-12 |
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Role of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement rod in control of bone infection and assessing its role in union in cases of infective nonunion of long bones
Tushar Pisal, Yuvraj Singh Hira, Swaroop Shahaji Solunke, Shiva Prasad Basvaraj Sangam, Amol Champalal Patil, Shubanshu Gupta
Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Yuvraj Singh Hira
Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/joas.joas_52_17
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INTRODUCTION: Managing and treating infected nonunion is one of the most challenging clinical scenarios despite numerous advances in the fixation methods, soft-tissue management, and antibiotic therapy. The infection of the fracture site causes internal fixation to become unstable and it slows down fracture healing.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To assess role of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement rod in control of bone infection and assessing its role in union in cases of infective nonunion of long bones.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a prospective study comprising of 30 cases of established infected nonunion of long bones carried out in a tertiary care center in Western Maharashtra. Patients of nonunion of long bone diaphysis with established clinical and laboratory evidence of infection were included in the study.
RESULTS: Twenty-one cases showed complete union at 6 months or earlier. Two more cases showed significant callus formation. In three cases, there was no callus formation at fracture site till 6 months.
DISCUSSION: Various authors in their studies confirmed that gentamicin and vancomycin are antibiotics which maintain activity even after being exposed to the high temperatures resulting from poly (methyl methacrylate) hardening.
CONCLUSION: From our study, we confirm that the use of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement rod has a significant role in control of bone infection and also assists in union in cases of infective nonunion of long bones.
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