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Sylvain Steinmetz Service of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Andrej Trampuz Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Berlin, Germany

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Olivier Borens Service of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Important points for treatment Eliminate other causes giving a possible similar picture as infection, namely hypersensitivity to fracture fixation devices. 17 Goals are treating the infection, healing the fracture, preserving soft tissues and

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Razvan Ene Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital, Romania

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Mihai Nica Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bucharest, Romania
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Dragos Ene Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bucharest, Romania
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Adrian Cursaru Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bucharest, Romania
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Catalin Cirstoiu Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bucharest, Romania
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, calcium sulphate (CS) has been used routinely in orthopaedics for an exceptionally long time as a manufacturing material for external fracture fixation devices. Its use inside the human body is a relatively novel implementation and the early research and

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Carlos A. Encinas-Ullán Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain

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E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain

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interfere with the fracture fixation devices. If the fracture is reducible, a minimally invasive surgery with a retrograde nailing or locking plate can be performed (the choice is controversial). Interest in retrograde nailing with new, more distal locks

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T. Fintan Moriarty AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland

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Richard Kuehl University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland

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Tom Coenye Ghent University, Belgium

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Edward M. Schwarz University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA

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Martijn Riool AMC, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Sebastian A.J. Zaat AMC, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Nina Khana University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland

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Stephen L. Kates Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA

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R. Geoff Richards AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland

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, Zimmerli W . Diagnosis and treatment of infections associated with fracture-fixation devices . Injury 2006 ; 37 Suppl 2 : S59 - 66 . 17 Tande AJ , Patel R . Prosthetic joint infection . Clin Microbiol Rev 2014 ; 27

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