• Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg · Dec 2013

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    Application of an antibiotic intramedullary nail in the management of a large metacarpal bone defect.

    • Elliot S Mendelsohn, Tibor Warganich, Evan S Nielsen, and Soheil Najibi.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.
    • Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2013 Dec 1;17(4):187-91.

    AbstractContaminated wounds and infected nonunions of the hand are not amenable to primary internal fixation and grafting. Antibiotic-impregnated cement intramedullary nails have been used in the lower extremity in the treatment of these fractures but have not been described in the hand. This technique combines the advantages of local antibiotic delivery with the mechanical stability afforded by an intramedullary nail. We describe an alternative technique for the management of skeletal defects in a contaminated wound bed in the hand using readily available operating room equipment. The antibiotic-impregnated cement intramedullary nail can be placed temporarily until definitive internal fixation and grafting occur.

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