ChineseJournalofTraurnatology2011;14(41:209—214209Useofgentamicin—-loadedcollagenspongeininternal一●_一tIxationotopenfracturesChaudharySusheel,SenRamesh,SainiUttamChand,SoniAshwani,GahlotNiteshandSinghDaljit[Abstract]Objective:Toassesstheoutcomeofimmediateplateosteosynthesisviaapplicationofantibioticimpregnatedcollagenfleeces(gentamicin—collagenandan—tibioticsponge)whichgraduallyreleaseantibioticlocallyinthesurgicaltreatmentofopenfracturespresentedtous6hoursafterinjury.Methods:AUcasesweretreatedinourtertiaryleveltraumacenterandteachinghospitalincluding35patientswithopenfractureswhoweretreatedbyimmediateopenreductionandplatefixationfromJanuary2008toAugust2010.Amongthem,3lpatientswereavailableforadequatefollow.upandassessment.Allfracturesweretreatedbyirri—gationanddebridement,immediateopenreductionandplatefixationalongwithplacementofantibiotic—releasingcollagenfleecesaroundtheplateiustbeforeclosureofwound.Pa-tientswereassessedtodeterminepostoperativeinfection,delayedunionornonunionanddevelopmentofotherpost—operativecomplications.Itwashypothesizedthatimmedi‘ateplateosteosynthesisafterthoroughdebridementandlocalantibioticswouldgivesafeandacceptableclinicalre·suitsintreatmentofopenfractures.ResnIts:The31patientswithadequatefinalfollow—upwereassessedatameantimeof40weeksr15-160weeks).Openfracturesarealwaysthoughttobeasso-ciatedwithanincreasedriskofinfectionandhealingcomplications.IncidencesofinfectionfollowingelectiveorthopedicsurgeryarelowandrangefrOmO.7%一4.2%.1,2Thisdependsuponthetypeofsurgery,softtissuestatus,generalpatientcondition,andperioperativeuseofprophylacticantibiotics.0Pa—tientswithopenfracturesclearlyshowahigherriskofinfectionf5%一33%4,duetobacteriaIcontaminationandDOI:1O.3760/cma.j.issn.1008—1275.2011.04.003DepartmentofOrthopedics,PostGraduateInstituteofMedicalEducationandResearch,Chandigarh160012,India(ChaudharyS,SenRK,SainiUC,SoniA,GahlotNandSinghD)COrrespOndingauthor:Tel:91-9855004450,Emado...