Abstract: Background: Any fracture that shows no clinical or radiological union in a reasonable time, for that specific injury, host and management strategy is termed as non union. It has been shown that about 65% of patients with open fractures have wound contamination with micro-organisms .Therefore it can be said that antibiotics are not just for prophylaxis but rather for treatment of wound contamination per se. Early onset infection respond well to antibiotics and has good outcome. In delayed and late onset infection, there will be formation of biofilm associated with mechanical instability due to fixation failure. The treatment of biofilm related infections and infected non-union include AO external fixator, monorail fixator, Ilizarov ring fixator, Taylor's spatial frame.The main aim of the study is To study the outcome of infection control and bony union achieved by antibiotic cement coated interlocking intramedullary nail in cases of infected non-union of long bones.....
Key Word: Infection, non union, antibiotic, nail.
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