title: Posterior bone-grafting for infected ununited fracture of the tibia.
abstract: Twenty-three patients with severe open tibial fractures complicated by established deep infection and delay or failure of union were treated with posterior tibial bone-grafting. This was followed by immediate ambulation in a plaster cast. Tibial union was achieved in all twenty-three patients. Drainage ceased prior to or simultaneously with union in twenty-one patients, including twelve of fourteen patients who had indolent drainage from the anterior compartment of the leg at the time of posterior tibial bone-grafting.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000150:complications