Andreas F. Mavrogenis
Andreas F. Mavrogenis
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Panayiotis D. Megaloikonomos
Panayiotis D. Megaloikonomos
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Vasileios G. Igoumenou
Vasileios G. Igoumenou
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Georgios N. Panagopoulos
Georgios N. Panagopoulos
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Efthymia Giannitsioti
Efthymia Giannitsioti
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Antonios Papadopoulos
Antonios Papadopoulos
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos
Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos
Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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begins when bacteria reach the metaphyseal vascular arcades, whereas the intervertebral disc is destroyed by the release of bacterial proteolytic enzymes, a process similar to cartilage destruction in septic arthritis. On the other hand, TB infection
Johannes D Bastian
Johannes D Bastian
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Silviya Ivanova
Silviya Ivanova
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Ahmed Mabrouk
Ahmed Mabrouk
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
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Peter Biberthaler
Peter Biberthaler
Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Pedro Caba-Doussoux
Pedro Caba-Doussoux
Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España
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Nikolaos K Kanakaris
Nikolaos K Kanakaris
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Major Trauma Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Major Trauma Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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, this strategy could be delivered using a proximal plate/screw construct and simultaneous retrograde femoral nail. However, the presence of a contaminated open wound at the diaphysis and the increased risk of septic knee arthritis led the surgeon to
