Management of Osteomyelitis-Induced Massive Tibial Bone Defect by Monolateral External Fixator Combined with Antibiotics-Impregnated Calcium Sulphate: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Clinical descriptions of the 35 patients in our study.

Case No.	Age (years)	Sex	Initial injury mode	Classification of fracture	No. of previous operation	Abnormal serum inflammatory markers
1	42	M	TA	Open/Gustilo II	2	WBC, ESR,
2	33	F	TA	Closed	2	CRP
3	20	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	2	CRP
4	45	M	TA	Closed	3	ESR, CRP
5	40	M	FH	Closed	1	WBC, ESR
6	23	M	CIM	Open/ Gustilo I	4	ESR, CRP
7	52	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo III	2	WBC, ESR
8	41	M	FH	Closed	4	WBC, CRP
9	26	F	FH	Open/ Gustilo II	5	ESR
10	54	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	3	ESR, CRP
11	31	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	3	WBC, ESR
12	43	M	CIM	Open/ Gustilo II	1	WBC, ESR
13	54	F	TA	Open/ Gustilo II	1	ESR, CRP
14	55	F	TA	Closed	2	ESR, CRP
15	57	M	TA	Closed	3	CRP
16	29	M	CIM	Open/ Gustilo II	2	ESR, CRP
17	33	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	2	CRP
18	18	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	3	ESR, CRP
19	27	M	FH	Open/ Gustilo III	2	CRP
20	27	F	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	2	WBC, ESR, CRP
21	60	F	CIM	Open/ Gustilo II	1	ESR
22	49	M	TA	Closed	2	ESR,
23	35	M	CIM	Open/ Gustilo II	2	ESR, CRP
24	34	M	TA	Closed	1	WBC, ESR
25	53	M	TA	Closed	1	ESR, CRP
26	20	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo II	3	ESR
27	58	F	TA	Closed	2	WBC, CRP
28	19	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo III	2	WBC, CRP
29	45	M	CIM	Closed	2	ESR, CRP
30	54	M	FH	Open/ Gustilo III	2	WBC, CRP
31	45	F	TA	Open/ Gustilo II	1	ESR, CRP
32	18	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo II	2	WBC, CRP
33	18	M	TA	Open/ Gustilo III	1	WBC, ESR
34	24	F	TA	Open/ Gustilo I	2	ESR
35	50	M	FH	Open/ Gustilo II	1	ESR

TA: traffic accident; FH: fall from height; CIM: crush injury by machine.
Serum inflammatory markers revealed by the laboratory test at the admittance to the institute. WBC means the abnormal white blood cells level, ESR means the abnormal erythrocyte sedimentation rate level, and CRP means the abnormal C-reactive protein level.