Traditional bone setter's gangrene.

Int Orthop

Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Published: September 1999

Traditional bone setter's gangrene (TBSG) is the term we use to describe the sequelae sometimes seen after treatment with native fracture splints. Twenty five consecutive complications were recorded in 25 patients aged between 5-50 years with a median age of 10 years. The major complication of the native fracture splint treatment was distal limb gangrene necessitating proximal amputations in 15 cases.

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