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22 March 2025 : Case report  Japan

Innovative Management of Brodie’s Abscess: Continuous Local Antibiotic Perfusion in a 14-Year-Old Patient

Rare disease

Kenichi Sawauchi ORCID logo BCDEF 1, Keisuke Oe BE 1, Tomoaki Fukui ORCID logo C 1, Yohei Kumabe ORCID logo E 1, Hirotsugu Muratsu A 2, Ryosuke Kuroda C 1, Akihiro Maruo ABCDEF 2*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.947099

Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e947099

Figure 4. Left: Image of surgery with CLAP, using 2 iMAP pins and an iSAP tube. Right: Radiographic image after the CLAP surgery. iMAP pins are placed into the cortical bone pseudocavity, and an iSAP tube is placed in the soft tissue near the medial surface of the femur. CLAP – continuous local antibiotic perfusion; iMAP – intramedullary antibiotic perfusion; iSAP – intra-soft tissue antibiotic perfusion.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923