Figure 1
From: Contaminated open fracture and crush injury: a murine model
Radiographs of right rat hind-legs in the intervention group show intramedullary threaded Kirschner wires and gaps after repair of traumatic fracture and crush injury, 1 day after surgery (a), 2 weeks after surgery (b) and 4 weeks after surgery (c). Note the osteolysis, reactive bone, and loss of fixation by 2 and 4 weeks. Radiographs from the control group were taken 1 day after surgery (d), 2 weeks after surgery (e) and 4 weeks after surgery (f). No radiographic signs of infection are present. Another image taken 4 weeks after injury in a rat in the control group shows loss of fixation, but no osteolysis (g).
