Traumatic First Metatarsal Bone Loss Treated with a Staged Method Using an Antibiotic Cement Spacer and Subsequent Autografting: A Case Report

Jukka Ristiniemi; Pekka Jalovaara

doi:10.1007/s00068-008-7183-0

Traumatic First Metatarsal Bone Loss Treated with a Staged Method Using an Antibiotic Cement Spacer and Subsequent Autografting: A Case Report

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2008 Aug;34(4):418-20. doi: 10.1007/s00068-008-7183-0. Epub 2008 Mar 18.

Authors

Jukka Ristiniemi¹, Pekka Jalovaara²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, 90029 OYS, Oulu, Finland. Jukka.Ristiniemi@oulu.fi.
² Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.

PMID: 26815821
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-7183-0

Abstract

Fractures with bone loss are rare. A staged method of using bone cement as a spacer and subsequent autografting has been used successfully to treat traumatic bone loss of long bones. We report a case of traumatic bone loss of the 1st metatarsal bone that was treated successively with a staged method of using antibiotic-impregnated bone cement as a spacer in the primary phase and cancellous autografting in second-stage surgery.

Keywords: Fracture care; Fracture healing; Lower limb injuries.