Infection after intramedullary nailing for femur and tibia fractures – characteristics and outcome analysis
Overall cure of infected intramedullary nails was 61 %. No significant difference in the infection eradication of infected intramedullary nails were observed, irrespective of the time of occurrence after nail implantation. These results should be confirmed in a larger prospective cohort.
Authors
- Nora Renz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8011-6684)
- Sven Märdian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4220-2797)
- Andrej Trampuž (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5219-2521)
- Ulrich Stöckle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6419-2203)
- Sebastian Meller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9457-6187)
- Gernot Steiner
- Anna Schiefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6684-0326)
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2025.112943
- Primary Topic
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00