ReviewEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2021
Induced membrane technique: a critical literature analysis and proposal for a failure classification scheme.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Induced Membrane Technique for the Management of Segmental Femoral Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data.Orthopaedic surgery · 2023Pooled it
- The road to the Pearl-String Technique: lessons learned from early IMT modifications using RIA autograft and cancellous allograft granules.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Article
- Clinical efficacy of Masquelet technique in the treatment of tibial and fibular bone defects caused by severe gunshot wounds.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The "Bone Block Technique": Reconstruction of Bone Defects Caused by Osteomyelitis Using Corticocancellous Bone Blocks from the Iliac Crest and the Induced Membrane Technique.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Engineering the bone reconstruction surgery: the case of the masquelet-induced membrane technique.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Review
- Introducing the Pearl-String Technique: A New Concept in the Treatment of Large Bone Defects.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Masquelet technique including a multiperforated non-vascularized fibula graft for the reconstruction of massive post-traumatic bone defects in military practice.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- Efficacy and complications of the induced membrane technique for immediate bone reconstruction in complex hand injuries.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- [Modified Masquelet technique for reconstruction of critical bone defects].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- [Modified Masquelet technique : Technique of the induced membrane in the course of time].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- The polymicrobial infection affects the infection recurrence rate (not failure) in treating femoral and tibial bone defects with the Masquelet technique-a comparative retrospective analysis of 54 patients with mono- and polymicrobial infections.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Questions about Using the Induced Membrane Technique to Manage Cases of Congenital Tibial Pseudarthrosis.Cells · 2023Article
- Feasibility evaluation of the induced membrane technique with structural autologous strip bone graft management of phalangeal and metacarpal segmental defects using radiography.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Treatment of tibial bone defects: pilot analysis of direct medical costs between distraction osteogenesis with an Ilizarov frame and the Masquelet technique.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Article
- Definitive fixation in the first stage of the induced membrane technique for septic segmental bone defects. Why not?Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2023Article
- Masquelet technique in military practice: specificities and future directions for combat-related bone defect reconstruction.Military Medical Research · 2022Review
- Induced membrane technique for acute bone loss and nonunion management of the tibia.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2022Article
- Effects of PMMA spacer loaded with varying vancomycin concentrations on bone regeneration in the Masquelet technique.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Case report: Restoration of an open 12 cm femoral defect treated with the Masquelet technique in a 20-year-old polytrauma.Trauma case reports · 2021Article
- Forearm segmental bone defect: Successful management using the Masquelet Technique with the aid of 3D printing technology.Trauma case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
The reconstruction of long-bone segmental defects remains challenging, with the three common methods of treatment being bone transport, vascularized bone transfer, and the induced membrane technique (IMT). Because of its simplicity, replicability, and reliability, usage of IMT has spread all over the world in the last decade, with more than 300 papers published in the PubMed literature database on this subject so far. Most of the clinical studies have reported high rates of bone union, yet some also include more controversial results with frequent complications and revision surgeries. At the same time, various experimental research efforts have been designed to understand and improve the biological properties of the induced membrane. This literature review aims to provide an overview of IMT clinical results in terms of bone union and complications and to compare them with those of other reconstructive procedures. In light of our findings, we then propose an original classification scheme of IMT failures distinguishing between preventable and nonpreventable failures.
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