Journal article
Contamination of the medullary canal following pin‐tract infection
Abstract
We developed an ovine model of an external-fixator pin-tract infection. With use of a novel method of tissue sampling, infection of the medullary canal was confirmed in all (10 of 10) external-fixator pins that were contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus after they were inserted. In addition, all (five of five) adjacent, uncontaminated pins became infected. We demonstrated that pin-tract infection can be difficult to diagnose clinically, …
Authors
Clasper JC; Parker SJ; Simpson AHRW; Watkins PE
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 947–952
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 1999
DOI
10.1002/jor.1100170621
ISSN
0736-0266