Why do different nails have different infection rate?
Since the procedure is exactly the same, a nail is inserted in the bone, why does the LL method change the infection rate?
Infection rates: LON > LATN > Precise
I am not so sure the exact infection rate. But I think it would be more likely this.
LON ~ LATN >>> Precise
Quote from: sylar94 on May 29, 2019, 10:19:17 PMWhy do different nails have different infection rate?
Since the procedure is exactly the same, a nail is inserted in the bone, why does the LL method change the infection rate?
Infection rates: LON > LATN > Precise
LON and LATN have a risk for pinsite infection.
In LON, the position of the pins and the nail during the lengthening phase is close, so the risk of deep infection is high.
Therefore, the infection rate is in the following order.
LON > LATN > PRECICE
what about fitbone ?
The same as precise, fitbone has less weight bearing than precise and antenna( setback)
Quote from: saad on June 01, 2019, 08:28:44 PMwhat about fitbone ?
External nails will be at risk for infection during the entire lengthening period which takes at least 3 months. After lengthening, LON and LATN will remove frame and put some rod inside. I know LON but no idea about LATN. Anyway, after this moment until wounds are healed, you may have a risk for infection. After wounds are healed, no infection will occur. However, traditional illizarov doesn't remove the external frame, so you will be at risk for injection until the frames are off, which takes 10-12 months.
Internal devices, including every kind as long as they are completely inserted inside, have an infection rate only during after surgery until wounds are healed which takes 7-10 days. In this case, infection rate is not depending on the type of device but depending on the doctor and hospital. Sometimes, patient's careless behaviors such as shower, water dripping to wounds, or dirty environments may cause infection too. I don't really consider some internal nails which have some sort of screws coming out of the bones. In this case, you will still have high risk of injection during the entire lengthening period, perhaps at a little less extent to external method.
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