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ReviewWorld journal of orthopedics2025

Effectiveness of the induced membrane technique in aseptic and infected long-bone defect management: Are there any differences?

Alexander L Shastov, Sergey N Kolchin, Tatiana A Malkova

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Review in World journal of orthopedics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Alexander L ShastovBone Infection Clinic, Ilizarov National Medical Research Center for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Kurgan 640014, Kurganskaya Oblast', Russia.
Sergey N KolchinOrthopaedic Department 4, Ilizarov National Medical Research Center for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Kurgan 640014, Kurganskaya Oblast', Russia.
Tatiana A MalkovaDepartment of Medical Information and Analysis, Ilizarov National Medical Research Center for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Kurgan 640014, Kurganskaya Oblast', Russia. tmalkova@mail.ru.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of post-traumatic long-bone defects remains relevant and challenging despite the rapid development of approaches to their treatment. Dominant positions are occupied by the Ilizarov method, bone autogenous grafting and the Masquelet induced membrane technique (IMT). The IMT is aimed at reducing extensive defect treatment duration and for this reason has gained great popularity. However, the assessment of its effectiveness is difficult due to a limited number of clinical series. The varying clinical manifestations of bone defect severity do not allow a comprehensive evaluation of IMT effectiveness. One of them is infection in the defect area. The purpose of our literature review is an analysis of studies on IMT application in infected

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DefectExternal fixatorInduced membrane techniqueInfectionIntramedullary nailLong boneNonunionOsteomyelitisSpacer

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PMID40698281
PMCPMC12278295

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