Management of an 11-cm Femoral Diaphyseal Defect Secondary to Chronic Osteomyelitis Using the Induced Membrane Technique in a 14-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report

Maojiang Lyu; Xin Guo; Weiji Wang; Xiaofeng Zhang; Zetao Ma

doi:10.12659/AJCR.952628

10 June 2026 : Case report China

Management of an 11-cm Femoral Diaphyseal Defect Secondary to Chronic Osteomyelitis Using the Induced Membrane Technique in a 14-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report

Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment

Maojiang Lyu^{BE 1*}, Xin Guo^{BC 2}, Weiji Wang

^{CD 2}, Xiaofeng Zhang^{DF 1}, Zetao Ma^{AF 3}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.952628

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e952628

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Figure 4 Clinical timeline of diagnosis, staged reconstruction, and follow-upSchematic overview of the sequence of events in a 14-year-old girl with a Gustilo-Anderson type II open fracture of the right femoral shaft complicated by chronic osteomyelitis, including initial injury, external fixation, diagnosis of infected nonunion, first-stage reconstruction, second-stage reconstruction, and final follow-up.

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Management of an 11-cm Femoral Diaphyseal Defect Secondary to Chronic Osteomyelitis Using the Induced Membrane Technique in a 14-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report

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