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ArticleJournal of bone and joint infection2026

Management of fracture-related infection in low-resource settings in Africa: recommendations and guidelines from an international expert group.

Loïc Fonkoué, Elizabeth K Tissingh, Leonard C Marais, Mbonisi Malaba, Kidanemariam Abrha, Jamie Ferguson, Mario Morgenstern, Olivier Cornu, Maritz Laubscher, Randy Buzisa Mbuku and 12 more

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Article in Journal of bone and joint infection, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07790991 (Low-cost Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Versus Standard Wound Dressings for Gustilo-Anderson Type IIIb Open Tibial Fractures in a Low-resource Setting), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Low-cost Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Versus Standard Wound Dressings for Gustilo-Anderson Type IIIb Open Tibial Fractures in a Low-resource Setting: Protocol for a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial in Bukavu,Democratic Republic of Congo

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversité Catholique de BukavuRan2027 to 2028Enrolled66ConditionsOpen Tibia FractureArmsintervention2: standard wound dressing, Intervention1: Low-cost NPWT
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22 authors.

Loïc Fonkoué *Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Yaoundé General Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Elizabeth K Tissingh *Royal National Orthopedic Hospital NHS TRUST, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3554-6209
Leonard C MaraisDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1120-8419
Mbonisi MalabaKijabe Medical Centre, Kijabe, Kenya.
Kidanemariam AbrhaAyder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University College of Health Science, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3091-8423
Jamie FergusonBone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
Mario MorgensternCenter for Musculoskeletal Infections (ZMSI), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5108-0731
Olivier CornuOrthopaedic and Trauma Department, University Hospital Saint-Luc UCL 1200 - Brussels, Belgium.
Maritz LaubscherOrthopaedic Research Unit (ORU), Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-8383
Randy Buzisa MbukuOrthopaedic and Trauma Department, University Hospital Saint-Luc UCL 1200 - Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2105-975X
George W GaliwangoCORSU Rehabilitation Hospital, Kisubi, Uganda.
Matthijs BotmanAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Justyna WojnoLancet laboratories, Microbiology Department, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mtebe Venance MajigoMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Claude MartinAO Alliance Foundation Chur, Chur, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0259-1196
William James HarrisonAO Alliance Foundation Chur, Chur, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7229-0041
Alexander Thomas SchadeMalawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust, Blantyre, Malawi.
Kebba MarenahSchool of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of the Gambia, Banjul, Gambia.
Malvern NyamutoraParirenyatwa Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Phiona E NamaleDivision of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Vuyisa MdingiDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Martin McNallyBone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2003-9044

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