This video depicts the materials and steps for creating an antibiotic cement spacer in the form of an intramedullary nail and demonstrates how to insert the nail into a tibia. The indication for this patient was a history of a type 3B open tibia fracture 6 months before treated with an intramedullary nail that subsequently developed an infected nonunion. Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Lauren M Tatman, Vamshi Gajari, William T Obremskey. Tibia Antibiotic Intramedullary Nail. Journal of orthopaedic trauma. 2021 Aug 01;35(Suppl 2):S46-S47
PMID: 34227609
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