Severely injured open fractures of long bones: definitive management by Ilizarov method in emergency operation theatre of National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), Dhaka, Bangladesh

We studied 34 severely injured open fractures of long bones, managed by Ilizarov external fixator in National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Pink unit-II (Ilizarov, Deformity Correction and Reconstruction Unit) Dhaka, Bangladesh. All the patients were selected according to inclusion criteria and through counseling the patients and his/her relative. Duration of study was 2 years. Average post-operative hospital stay was 10 days. Pin sites inflammation, pin loosening and pain at rest, swelling of leg and thigh were the commonest complications in our study. Average union time was 20 weeks and union rate was 100 %. Close adherences to Ilizarov principles make it now possible to successfully treat orthopedic conditions that previously were fraught with high morbidity rates and poor results.