Patient no./sex/age(years) | Initial causes | Symptoms (months) | Site | Type of infection | Organism grown on culture | Operations before distraction device application | No. of previous operations | Comorbidities | Soft tissue defect at presentation | Bone defect (cm) | Nicotine abuse |
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1/M/33 | Open tib.fract. | 28 | Tib, D | Active drain | S. aureus | EF→WD→WD→IF+BG→WD→SG→WD→WD | 8 | None | Yes | 9 | No |
2/M/60 | ORIF | 15 | Tib, D | Active drain | S. aureus | IF→WD→WD→IF+BG→WD | 5 | Hypertension | No | 7 | Yes |
3/F/27 | ORIF | 6 | Tib, P | Active drain | E. coli | IF→WD→WD→WD | 4 | None | No | 5 | No |
4/M/42 | Open tib.fract. | 10 | Tib, D | Active non-drain | S. aureus | EF→WD→IF+BG→WD→WD | 5 | None | No | 9 | Yes |
5/M/25 | ORIF | 4.5 | Tib, D | Active drain | Pseudomonas | IF→WD | 2 | None | No | 7 | No |
6/M/40 | ORIF | 9 | Tib, P | Active drain | S. aureus | IF→WD→WD+BG→WD→WD | 5 | None | No | 8 | Yes |
7/F/30 | ORIF | 23 | Tib, S | Active non-drain | Pseudomonas | EF→IF+BG→WD→WD→MFCF→WD | 6 | None | No | 11 | No |
8/M/38 | Open tib.fract. | 120 | Tib, D | Active drain | MRSA | EF→WD→WD→IF+BG→WD→WD→MFCF→WD→WD→WD | 10 | None | Yes | 9 | No |