Antibiotic rod as a single stage treatment option in infected tibia I/L nail

Objective: To assess the use of antibiotic rod as the definite treatment option in case of infected tibia fracture. Method’s: This study was conducted in the Orthopedics Department of Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan during June 2016 and July 2018. Patients who presented to us with infected intramedullary nail of tibia were included in study. All patients were enrolled only after obtaining written and informed consent. Result’s: Mean follow up 6 +- 0.3 months while final follow up were taken 12 months, it was noticed that infection was controlled in all the patients while 11 out of 14 patients achieved union while the remaining 3 patients required a second stage surgery due to non-union. Hence in this study 11 (90%) patients, were treated only with single stage antibiotic rod procedure and obtained satisfactory results in terms of infection control and union. Discussion: Cement Antibiotic Rod can be used as an effective and definitive single stage treatment option in case of infected tibia nail