02 January 2022>: Articles
A 52-Year-Old Man with a Gustillo-Anderson IIIB Open Tibial Shaft Fracture with Extensive Soft-Tissue Defect Requiring Limb Salvage with Artificial Deformity-Creating Technique
Unusual setting of medical care
Konstantins Plotnikovs A , Olegs Ribakovs A* , Jevgenijs Movcans D , Vitalijs Pasters D , Leonid Nikolaevich Solomin ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934788
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e934788
Figure 1. (A) Computed tomography scan (preoperative) of the 52-year-old man showing Gustilo-Anderson III B open distal third tibial fracture. (B) Clinical photograph (preoperative) presenting the damaged limb with severe soft-tissue defect. (C) Clinical photograph showing extensive soft-tissue and bone defect after wound revision and debridement. (D) Clinical photograph (postoperative) presenting the fracture stabilization using monolateral external fixation apparatus and the vacuum-assisted closure system for wound coverage.