Articular bone loss treated with a staged method using bone cement or beads as a spacer and subsequent autografting: a report of two cases.
Fractures with bone loss are rare. Cancellous autografting is commonly used to treat metaphyseal and diaphyseal traumatic bone loss, but little is known about the applicability of this method to the treatment of intra-articular bone loss. We report two cases of articular bone loss that were treated with a staged method of using antibiotic-impregnated bone cement in one case and beads in another as spacer in the primary phase and cancellous autografting in second-stage surgery.
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, 90029, OYS, Finland. jukka.ristiniemi@ppshp.fi
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Ristiniemi
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Flinkkilä
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Pakarinen
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Jalovaara
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
D001843:Bone Cements