War-related infected tibial nonunion with bone and soft-tissue loss treated with bone transport using the Ilizarov method

摘要

Patients and methods This single centre retrospective study reviews the outcomes of 30 war-injured patients with established infected tibial nonunion after sustaining grade IIIB open fractures. Patients were treated by radical bony and soft-tissue resection and bone transport using the Ilizarov bifocal technique, without the use of systemic antibiotics or bone grafting.