Surgery - Stable Implants

Merritt K & Dowd JD. J Ortho Res 5:23,1987

• Contaminated rodent osteotomy

• Infection rate

  • Unstabilized (71%)
  • Stabilized - IMN (38%)

Worlock P. et al. Injury 25:31,1994

• Fracture - plate infection - 71%

• Fracture - IMN infection - 35%

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