Number (male-to-female), n | Â | 183 (154:29) |
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Mean age (range), years |  | 42.8 (10–68) |
Site (femur; tibia; fibula), n | Â | 81; 100; 2 |
Duration of bone infection (range), months |  | 0.5–540 |
Aetiology (no. of patients) | Post-traumatic | 148 |
 Closed fractures |  54 | |
 Open fractures |  94 | |
Haematogenous | 35 | |
Organisms (no. of patients) | Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | 56 (16) |
Enterobacter cloacae | 13 | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 11 | |
Escherichia coli | 9 | |
 | Negative | 69 |
Cierny-Mader classification | III | 48 |
(no. of patients) | IV | 135 |
Physiologic class | A | 103 |
 | B | 80 |
Smoker | Â | 70 |
Follow-up (12–66 months) | Extra revision Infection-free bone healing | 26/183 175/183 |