Vol. 11 (03) pp. 1421-1428 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/16585

ROLE OF ANTIBIOTIC IMPREGNATED CEMENT COATED INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING IN ORTHOPAEDICS

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  • Professor and HOD, Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • PG Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • PG Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Abstract

Introduction:Traditionally,thetreatmentstrategyofinfectednon-unionconsistedofsurgicaldebridementandthenasecondprocedureforstability.Theuseofanantibioticcementednailingforinfectednon-unionoftibiaandfemurfracturesavoidstheneedofmorethan1procedureasthenailprovidesstabilityandallowshigherconcentrationofantibioticatthelocalsitethanisachievablewithsystemicantibioticsandisassociatedwithfewersideeffect.

MaterialandMethods:Thisisaprospectivestudyof12patientswithdiaphysealfractureoftibiaorfemurwithsignsofinfectionwhoweretreatedusingantibioticcementednailing.Patientswerefollowedupmonthlyfor3months.Infectioncontrolwasevaluatedintermsofclinical,haematologicalandmicrobiologicalparameters.

Results:Atthetimeofpresentation11outof12patientshadpusdischarge,whilelocalriseoftemperaturewasthereinallpatients.MostcommonorganismthatwasisolatedincultureswasStaphylococcusaureus.ESRandCRPwaselevatedin9patients.At3monthsfollowupvisit,9outof12patientsresolvedallsignsofinfectionwhile1hadpersistentpositiveculturereports.ESRandCRPwasraisedin3and2patientsrespectively.

Conclusion:Antibioticcementednailingdeliversahighconcentrationofantibioticsatthelocalsitewithoutcausinganysystemictoxicityalongwithprovidingstabilityatthefracturesite,therebyconvertingatwo-stageprocedureintoasinglestageprocedurewhichalsoavoidscomplicationsofexternalfixatorhavingbetterpatientcompliance.

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Pradeep Choudhari, Charchit Baurasi, Deepesh Mehta and Manish Patidar (2023); ROLE OF ANTIBIOTIC IMPREGNATED CEMENT COATED INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING IN ORTHOPAEDICS, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 11 (03), 1421-1428, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16585

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Dr Deepesh Mehta
Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute
India
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