Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Case | Patients | ||||||||
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Age/sex | Weight (kg) | Cause of defect | Defect localization | Defect size (cm) | Systemic pathologies | Smoking | Previous infection | Follow-up (months) | |
1 | 72/F | 80 | Talus-schapoid arthrodesis | Medial malleolus, right foot | 7 × 4 | Obesity | No | E. coli, E. faecalis | 24 |
2 | 40/M | 85 | Fixation-plates on fibula and medial malleolus | Medial malleolus, left foot | 2 × 1.5 | No | 40 cigarettes/day | S. aureus | 10 |
3 | 53/F | 62 | Plates and screws on medial malleolus | Distal third of fibula, left foot | 4 × 1.5 | No | No | E. cloacae | 9 |
4 | 74/F | 65 | Bi-malleolar fracture and fixation with plates and screws | Medial malleolus, right foot | 8 × 4 | Type II diabetes mellitus | No | E. cloacae | 7 |