Presurgical localization of infected avascular bone segments in chronic complicated posttraumatic osteomyelitis in the lower extremity using dual-tracer PET/CT

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Table 1 Characteristics of eight patients with posttraumatic (n = 7) or postoperative (n = 1) chronic osteomyelitis

Sex	Age (year)	Affected limb	Cause	Primary treatment	Duration (year)	Soft tissue	Sinus tract	Culture	Previous surgeries (n)^a	Coverage with flap
Male	56	Femur dx	Traffic accident	Intramed nail, removed	37	Good	No	Staff Aureus, Propionibacterium	2	No
Male	28	Tibia sin	Bomb explosion	Conservative treatment	20	Poor	Yes, single	Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca	?	Yes
Male	57	Tibia sin	Traffic accident	External fixation	38	Poor	Yes, single	Staph Aureus	1	Yes
Male	53	Femur dx	Bomb explosion	Conservative treatment	22	Very poor	Yes, multiple	Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4	Yes
Male	49	Tibia dx	Traffic accident	External fixation	12	Poor	Yes, single	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Propionibacterium	1	Yes
Male	58	Ankle arthrodesis	Rheumatoid arthritis	Screw fixation, removed	13	Poor	Yes, single	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5	Yes
Male	55	Tibia dx	Traffic accident	Plate fixation, removed	2	Poor	Yes, single	Clostridium, Propionibacterium	1	Yes
Male	64	Femur sin	Traffic accident	Intramed nail, removed	33	Very poor	Yes, single	Serratia, Staph Epidermidis	7	Yes

^aNumber of documented failed previous surgical interventions intended to address the infection. Other surgical procedures are not included