The Use of an Antibiotic-Impregnated, Osteoconductive, Bioabsorbable Bone Substitute in the Treatment of Infected Long Bone Defects: Early Results of a Prospective Trial

Abstract

In patients with posttraumatic osteomyelitis, the bone graft substitute was effective in eradicating bone infection in 23 of 25 patients. Isolated bony defects healed reliably (nine of nine) following addition of bone graft substitute alone. The role of the bone graft substitute in isolation in the treatment of nonunion is unclear at present.