Masquelet technique for the treatment of a severe acute tibial

Injury · Dec 2014

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Masquelet technique for the treatment of a severe acute tibial bone loss.

The "induced membrane" technique described by Masquelet has been used successfully for many years for posttraumatic bone defect reconstruction, non-unions and osteomyelitis. The main advantages are the two-step surgical procedure that in case of primary infection allows repeated debridement if necessary, in case of internal fixation early weight bearing with decreased malalignment risk and it has a short learning curve. A theoretical application of this procedure is the management of acute severe traumatic bone loss of the limbs despite the lack of this experience in literature. We report on a Gustilo IIIB meta-epiphyseal fracture (AO 43-C3) of the leg with a 6 cm in length bone loss that was treated with the Masquelet technique.

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- Mario Ronga, Sergio Ferraro, Alessandro Fagetti, Mario Cherubino, Luigi Valdatta, and Paolo Cherubino.
- Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. Electronic address: mario.ronga@uninsubria.it.
- Injury. 2014 Dec 1;45 Suppl 6:S111-5.
AbstractThe "induced membrane" technique described by Masquelet has been used successfully for many years for posttraumatic bone defect reconstruction, non-unions and osteomyelitis. The main advantages are the two-step surgical procedure that in case of primary infection allows repeated debridement if necessary, in case of internal fixation early weight bearing with decreased malalignment risk and it has a short learning curve. A theoretical application of this procedure is the management of acute severe traumatic bone loss of the limbs despite the lack of this experience in literature. We report on a Gustilo IIIB meta-epiphyseal fracture (AO 43-C3) of the leg with a 6 cm in length bone loss that was treated with the Masquelet technique.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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