title: Traumatic First Metatarsal Bone Loss Treated with a Staged Method Using an Antibiotic Cement Spacer and Subsequent Autografting: A Case Report.
abstract: Fractures with bone loss are rare. A staged method of using bone cement as a spacer and subsequent autografting has been used successfully to treat traumatic bone loss of long bones. We report a case of traumatic bone loss of the 1st metatarsal bone that was treated successively with a staged method of using antibiotic-impregnated bone cement as a spacer in the primary phase and cancellous autografting in second-stage surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, 90029 OYS, Oulu, Finland. Jukka.Ristiniemi@oulu.fi.
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ristiniemi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jalovaara
keywords: Fracture care; Fracture healing; Lower limb injuries