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EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing: a NICE medical technology guidance [PDF]

, 2014
Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are ...
Meads, C., Higgins, Ailish, Higgins, A, Lord, J., Meads, Catherine, Yang, Y, Bayliss, S, Glover, M, Glover, Matthew, Yang, Y., Bayliss, S., Lord, Joanne, Higgins, A., Bayliss, Susan, Yang, Yaling, Lord, J, Meads, C, Glover, M., Ailish Higgins, Matthew Glover, Catherine Meads, Yaling Yang, Susan Bayliss, Joanne Lord   +23 more
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Upper extremity open fractures in hospitalized road traffic accident patients: adult versus pediatric cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2017
Background Fractures in pediatrics show epidemiological characteristics which are different from fractures in adults. The objective of this study was to examine the injury profiles of open upper extremity fractures (UEFs) in all modes of injury related ...
Guy Rubin, Kobi Peleg, Adi Givon, Nimrod Rozen   +3 more
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Surgical timing for open fractures

OTA International, 2020
. Controversy exists over the optimal management of open fractures as new clinical studies question open fracture management dogma. Open fractures are complex injuries requiring the orthopaedic surgeon to consider both the bone injury as well as ...
Daniel Z. You, MD, Prism S. Schneider, MD, PhD, FRCSC   +1 more
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Open tibial fractures [PDF]

, 2018
Open fractures of the tibia are potentially life-changing injuries with huge costs to both patients and healthcare systems. These injuries require early coordinated interventions by senior orthopaedic and plastic surgical teams (orthoplastic) to reduce ...

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Antibiotic utilization in open fractures

OTA International, 2020
. Open fractures are complex presentations with elevated risks of infection and nonunion due to a multitude of factors. Along with early surgical debridement, antibiotics have been heavily utilized and have become part of standard of care to reduce the ...
Yousif Atwan, MD, Theodore Miclau, MD, Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCSC, David Teague, MD   +3 more
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Open ankle fractures are associated with complications and reoperations

OTA International, 2019
. Objectives:. To assess clinical and functional outcomes after open versus closed ankle fracture. Design:. Retrospective comparative study. Location:. Level 1 Trauma Center. Patients/Participants:.
Natasha M. Simske, BS, Megan A. Audet, MD, Chang-Yeon Kim, MD, Heather A. Vallier, MD   +3 more
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Ankle injury management (AIM) : design of a pragmatic multi-centre equivalence randomised controlled trial comparing close contact casting (CCC) to open surgical reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) in the treatment of unstable ankle fractures in patients over 60 years [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Ankle fractures account for 9% of all fractures with a quarter of these occurring in adults over 60 years. The short term disability and long-term consequences of this injury can be considerable.
David J Keene, Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Andrew Briggs, Robert Handley, Gray, Bridget, Chesser, Tim, Lall, Ranjit, Knox, Christopher, Willett, Keith, Keene, David J., Christopher Knox, Tim Chesser, Lamb, Sarah E., Pallister, Ian, Bridget Gray, Knox, Christopher R., Ian Pallister, Elizabeth Tutton, Tutton, Elizabeth, Briggs, Andrew, Morgan, Lesley, Briggs, Andrew H., Sarah E Lamb, Handley, Robert, Keith Willett, Lesley Morgan, Ranjit Lall   +26 more
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Open fractures with soft-tissue loss

OTA International, 2020
. Open fractures with soft-tissue loss remain challenging injuries to treat. These often high-energy fractures are at a higher risk of delayed healing and at much higher risk of infection than open fractures with less significant soft-tissue injury.
Chad P. Coles, MD, FRCSC
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Proximal Humerus Open Fracture in Pediatrics: A Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma
Background: Proximal humerus fracture (PHF) in pediatrics is managed with different options: nonoperative or operative. However, proximal humerus open fractures are sparse in the literature. Case Report: We present a 9-year-old boy who presented
Reza Zandi, Shahin Talebi, Fargol Farahmandi, Saeed Nodehi, Akbar Ehsani   +4 more
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RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF OPEN FRACTURES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYTRAUMA IN A REGIONAL TRAUMA SYSTEM

Кубанский научный медицинский вестник, 2018
Aim. To analyze options for treatment tactics for open fractures of bones, implemented in a regional trauma system in theKrasnodar Territory.Materials and methods.
A. N. BLAZHENKO, S. N. KURINNYI, M. L. MUKHANOV, M. YU. AGEEV, A. V. GORBUNOV, E. A. SHATSKAYA, K. N. SAVITSKAYA   +6 more
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