Table 1 Preoperative characteristics and follow-up outcomes of 42 patients (43 limbs)

1

46/F

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

-

6

35.9

Remission, slight pain

2

44/M

L

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

S. aureus

-

-

9

34.3

Remission

3

24/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

IIIA

-

-

-

7

32.7

Remission

4

63/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

-

-

-

8

33.1

Remission

5

40/F

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

IIIA

-

-

-

9

32.9

Remission, joint stiffness

6

32/F

L

Trauma

-

-

-

IIIA

-

-

-

10

30.9

Remission

7

45/M

L

Trauma

-

-

-

IIIA

S. aureus

-

Yes

13

26.4

Remission

8

58/M

L

Hematogenous

Cigarette

-

WBC, ESR

III B^S

S. aureus

-

-

13

24.9

Remission

9

25/F

L

Hematogenous

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

-

15

36.4

Remission, fibrous scar formation

10

40/F

R

Hematogenous

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

11

32.7

Remission

11

43/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

IIIA

-

-

-

10

40.9

Redebridment and bone transport

12

31/F

R

Hematogenous

-

-

-

III A

-

-

-

17

24.1

Remission, skin traction to cover wound

13

60/F

L

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

-

-

-

15

38.2

Remission

14

61/M

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

P. Aeruginosa, E. faecalis

Yes

Yes

37

89.9

Redebridment and bone transport

15

16/F

R

-

III A

S. aureus

-

-

10

70.8

Remission

16

74/F

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III B^S

S. aureus

-

Yes

20

75.8

Remission

17

24/F

R

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III B^S

-

-

Yes

32

73.2

Redebridment and bone transport

18

53/M

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

A. baumannii

-

Yes

46

77.5

Remission

19

26/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

S. aureus

-

-

8

67.2

Remission

20

57/F

R

Trauma

-

Hypertension

-

III A

K. pneunoniae

-

-

12

49.9

Remission

21

46/M

R

Hematogenous

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

-

11

48.5

Remission

22

59/F

L

Penetration

-

Hypertension

ESR

IIIB^L

E. cloacae

-

-

8

19.6

Redebridment and flap coverage

23

23/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

S. aureus

-

-

7

68.5

Remission

24

25/M

L

Hematogenous

-

-

-

III A

E. faecalis

-

-

13

59.6

Remission

25

46/M

L

Trauma

-

Diabetes

ESR

III B^S

P. aeruginosa

-

Yes

29

52.7

Remission

26

44/M

L

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

-

-

Yes

33

47.6

Redebridment and bone transport

27

42 M

L

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

S. aureus

-

-

9

37.3

Remission

28

30/M

R

Trauma

Cigarette

-

-

III B^S

-

-

Yes

12

46.4

Remission

29

54/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

S. haemolyticus

-

Yes

17

43.4

Remission

30

39/F

R

Hematogenous

-

-

-

III A

-

-

-

7

39.3

Remission

31

40/F

L

Hematogenous

-

-

-

III A

-

-

-

11

28

Remission

32

26/M

L

Hematogenous

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

Yes

16

42.1

Remission

33

63/F

L

Hematogenous

-

-

ESR

III A

S. aureus

-

-

23

70.7

Remission, slight pain

34

39/F

L

Penetration

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

-

8

53.6

Remission, slight pain

35

64/M

R

Penetration

-

-

ESR

IIIB^S

E. coli

Yes

-

14

72.5

Remission, Powerlessness

36

30/M

R

Trauma

-

-

-

III A

S. aureus

-

-

11

44.8

Remission, discomfort

37

48/M

R

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

S. aureus

-

-

24

50.9

Remission

38

41/F

R

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

Yes

32

12.8

Remission, claudication, discomfort

39

64/M

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

A. hydrophila

-

Yes

22

12.9

Remission

40

61/M

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

-

18

14.2

Remission

41

43/F

L

Hematogenous

-

-

-

III A

-

-

-

16

15.6

Remission, slight pain

42

27/F

R

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

P. aeruginosa

-

-

22

16.3

Remission, Slight Discomfort

43

64/F

L

Trauma

-

-

ESR

III A

-

-

Yes

22

17.5

Remission