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Fracture-related outcome study for operatively treated tibia shaft fractures (F.R.O.S.T.): registry rationale and design

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Tibial shaft fractures (TSFs) are among the most common long bone injuries often resulting from high-energy trauma. To date, musculoskeletal complications such as fracture-related infection (FRI) and compromised fracture healing following ...
Willem-Jan Metsemakers, Kirsten Kortram, Nando Ferreira, Mario Morgenstern, Alexander Joeris, Hans-Christoph Pape, Christian Kammerlander, Sanjit Konda, Jong-Keon Oh, Peter V. Giannoudis, Kenneth A. Egol, William T. Obremskey, Michael H. J. Verhofstad, Michael Raschke, on behalf of the F.R.O.S.T. Study Group   +14 more
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Recommendations for Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy in Fracture-Related Infection: A Consensus From an International Expert Group [PDF]

, 2020
Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a major complication in musculoskeletal trauma and one of the leading causes of morbidity. Standardization of general treatment strategies for FRI has been poor.
Werner Zimmerli, Andrej Trampuz, Melissa Depypere, Zimmerli, Werner, Obremskey, W.T. (William), Trampuz, Andrej, Martin A. McNally, Atkins, Bridget L., Senneville, Eric, Kuehl, R. (Richard), Depypere, M. (Melissa), https://orcid.org/, McNally, Martin A., Metsemakers, W.-J. (Willem-Jan), Zimmerli, W. (Werner), Richard Kuehl, Kuehl, Richard, Trampuz, A. (Andrej), Senneville, E. (Eric), Eric Senneville, Obremskey, William T., Bridget L. Atkins, Metsemakers, Willem-Jan, McNally, M.A. (Martin), Atkins, B.L. (Bridget), Depypere, Melissa, (Fracture-Related Infection (FRI) Consensus Group), Willem-Jan Metsemakers, William T. Obremskey, Depypere M, Kuehl R, Zimmerli W, Atkins BL, Senneville E, Trampuz A, Metsemakers WJ, Obremskey WT, McNally MA   +37 more
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Risk of reoperation due to surgical site infection in 74,771 hip fracture patients: a Danish nationwide cohort study

Acta Orthopaedica, 2022
Background and purpose: Surgical site infection (SSI) after hip fracture surgery is a feared condition. We examined the trend in incidence of reoperation due to SSI up to 1 year following hip fracture surgery from 2005 to 2016 and risk factors of SSI by
Nicolai K Kristensen, Jeppe Lange, Trine Frøslev, Alma B Pedersen   +3 more
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Effectiveness of an Online Course on Fracture-Related Infections [PDF]

Journal of European CME, 2022
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an online course to enable orthopaedic surgeons to acquire the core competencies necessary to prevent and treat fracture-related infections (FRI). This study included orthopaedic surgeons and residents from Latin American countries who attended an online course focused on FRI. The online course included:
Matheus Lemos Azi, Kodi Edson Kojima, Rodrigo Pesántez, Guido Carabelli, Olivier Borens, Iain McFadyen, Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina   +6 more
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Treatment of a Gustilo-Anderson type II open tibia shaft fracture with an ultrathin silver plasma-coated plate: A case report

Trauma Case Reports, 2022
The treatment of open tibia fractures with plate fixation bears a high risk for the development of a fracture-related infection. Here we present a case of an 80-year-old female with a Gustilo-Anderson type II open distal tibial shaft fracture with an ...
Volker Alt, Christian Pfeifer, Markus Rupp, Nike Walter   +3 more
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Treatment of an infected nonunion with additional fresh fracture of the femur with a silver-coated intramedullary nail: A case report

Trauma Case Reports, 2022
Infected non-unions of the femur can be difficult to treat with a high risk of reinfection and persisting nonunion. Here we demonstrate a case of a 66-year-old female with a chronic infected nonunion of the left femur.
Volker Alt
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Risk factors for falls with severe fracture in elderly people living in a middle-income country: a case control study. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Fracture after falling has been identified as an important problem in public health. Most studies of risk factors for fractures due to falls have been carried out in developed countries, although the size of the elderly population is ...
Coutinho, Evandro SF, Coutinho Evandro SF, Laura C Rodrigues, Fletcher, Astrid, Bloch, Katia V, Astrid Fletcher, Katia V Bloch, Rodrigues, Laura C, Rodrigues Laura C, Fletcher Astrid, Evandro SF Coutinho, Bloch Katia V   +11 more
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Treatment of Fracture-Related Infections with Bone Abscess Formation after K-Wire Fixation of Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures in Adolescents—A Report of Two Clinical Cases

Children, 2023
Closed reduction and K-wire fixation of displaced distal radius fractures in children and adolescents is an established and successful surgical procedure.
Markus Scharf, Nike Walter, Markus Rupp, Volker Alt   +3 more
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Current Concepts and Investigations of Fracture-Related Infection. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int
Jiang N, Xu CP, Stoodley P, McNally MA.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Multidisciplinary Treatment of Fracture-Related Infection Has a Positive Impact on Clinical Outcome—A Retrospective Case Control Study at a Tertiary Referral Center

Antibiotics, 2023
Objectives: Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a major complication in orthopedic and trauma surgery. The management and choice of treatment can be difficult depending on multiple factors.
Markus Rupp, Nike Walter, Daniel Popp, Florian Hitzenbichler, Robert Heyd, Sebastian Geis, Melanie Kandulski, Sylvia Thurn, Thomas Betz, Christoph Brochhausen, Volker Alt   +10 more
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