title: Prevention of skin and soft tissue entrapment in tibial segment transportation.
abstract: We report of a ten year old patient with soft tissue damage and bone defect of the tibia as a sequel of osteomyelitis. After excision and stabilization with an Ilizarov fixateur segment transportation was started. In order to avoid skin and soft tissue entrapment in the docking region, we used a metal cage as a space provider, which was shortened as segment transportation progressed. To our knowledge this simple method has not been described so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma and Surgery, Children's University Hospital of Basle, Roemergasse 8, CH-4058 Basle, Switzerland. avocke@gwdg.de
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Vocke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018889:Ilizarov Technique; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology