Table 1 Patient characteristics
Case | Sex | Age | Affected site | Morbidity accounting for the bone defect | RABG (cm) | Duration of the cement placement (days) | Free flap surgery | Antibiotics within the cement | Smoking | DM | PAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 58 | Femur | Uninfected nonunion | 2.7 | 46 | − | − | + | − | − |
2 | M | 51 | Femur | Osteomyelitis | 10.4 | 54 | − | + | + | − | − |
3 | F | 72 | Femur | Osteomyelitis | 10.2 | 56 | − | + | − | − | − |
4 | M | 43 | Tibia | Severely comminuted open fracture | 10.1 | 83 | + | + | + | − | − |
5 | M | 52 | Tibia | Osteomyelitis | 7.2 | 126 | + | + | − | − | − |
6 | M | 42 | Tibia | Infected nonunion | 10.3 | 100 | + | + | − | − | − |