ArticleTrauma case reports2022
Treatment of an infected nonunion with additional fresh fracture of the femur with a silver-coated intramedullary nail: A case report.
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- Symphysiodesis with silver-coated plates for the treatment of traumatic symphyseal instability in complex pelvic trauma.Trauma case reports · 2026Article
- Ultrathin silver multilayer coating for cementless hip prostheses shows successful clinical outcome with good osseointegration after bilateral destructive septic arthritis of the hip - A case report.Trauma case reports · 2025Article
- Silver multilayer coating on orthopedic implant material of different alloys and surfaces significantly reduces bacterial colonization.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- [Diagnostic and therapeutic work-up of infected tibial nonunion].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Use of a silver-coated plate to treat a postoperative infection after high tibial osteotomy - a case report.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2024Article
- The immediate ex vivo covering and filling characteristics of antibiotic-loaded resorbable calcium sulfate paste around intramedullary nails.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2024Article
- [Bone cement as a local antibiotic carrier].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Treatment of a Gustilo-Anderson type II open tibia shaft fracture with an ultrathin silver plasma-coated plate: A case report.Trauma case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Infected non-unions of the femur can be difficult to treat with a high risk of reinfection and persisting nonunion. Here we demonstrate a case of a 66-year-old female with a chronic infected nonunion of the left femur. The patient fell during temporary external fixation of the infected nonunion and sustained an additional proximal femur shaft fracture. The case was successfully managed with a low-amount silver coating of a long proximal femur nail and an additional augmentation locking plate along with local and systemic antibiotics. After a follow-up of 26 months, both the fracture and also the infected nonunion healed completely without recurrence of infection and without any signs of adverse events in response to the silver coating. In conclusion, silver coated fracture fixation devices can be helpful in difficult to treat infection cases without adverse events.
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