MASQUELET TECHNIQUE AFTER AN INFECTED OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF AN OPEN FRACTURE OF THE FOREARM BONES

This work refers to a male patient, 25 years of age, admitted in the Emergency Department following a bicycle accident, of which resulted an open fracture of the right forearm bones – Gustillo & Anderson I.With this work, the authors have as objective the description of the patient's clinical condition – starting with the fracture, over to the osteomyelitis – as well as the surgical procedures and remaining treatments he was submitted to.The authors used the patient's records from Hospital's archives, namely records from the Emergency Department, Operating Room, Infirmary and Consultation, and also the diagnostic exams performed throughout the patient's clinical evolution.This clinical case began in May 2013, when the patient suffered an open fracture of the right forearm bones – Gustillo & Anderson I – due to a bicycle accident. At the time, the exposure site was thoroughly rinsed, a cast immobilization was made, and antibiotics were prescribed. In the fifth day following the trauma, the patient was subm...