Efficacy of Staged Surgery in the Treatment of Open Tibial Fractures with Severe Soft Tissue Injury and Bone Defect

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: We aimed to report the clinical and radiological outcomes of staged surgery using the acute induced membrane tech nique with an antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer (ACS) and soft-tissue reconstructive surgery and to identify factors affecting clinical outcomes.
Materials and Methods: Thirty-two patients with severe open tibia fractures were treated via staged surgery from January 2014 to December 2019 and followed up for ≥1 year. In the first surgery, an ACS was inserted into the bone defect site along with debride ment and irrigation and was temporarily fixed in place with an external fixator. The internal fixator was placed, and flap surgery and cement spacer changes were performed during the next surgery. In the third surgery, an autogenous bone graft was performed. Ra diologic and functional results were investigated according to the Association for the Study and Application of the Method of Ilizarov (ASAMI) criteria, and factors affecting the ASAMI score were analyzed.
Results: The average bone defect width was 43.9 mm, and the size of soft-tissue defect was 79.3 cm2. Bone union was achieved in all cases except one and required 9.4 months on average. Complications occurred in 10 cases (31.2%). Good or better clinical ef fects, in terms of ASAMI radiologic and functional scores, were observed in 29 and 24 cases, respectively. Complications and ad ditional surgery were common factors affecting the two scores.
Conclusion: Staged surgery using the acute induced membrane technique and soft-tissue reconstructive surgery is an efficacious treatment for open tibial fractures with bone defects.

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