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External fixation in Schatzker J´s type VI tibial plateau fracture
Archivo Médico de Camagüey, 2020 Background: tibial plateau fractures are common traumatic lesions due to vertical compression in varus and valgus. That is why open fractures associated to skin loss are not so frequent, because they are caused by direct mechanisms. Objective: to show a
Alejandro Alvarez-López +3 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for open fractures
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2021 In this review article, antibiotic prophylaxis for open fractures are considered. The risk of infection in acutely traumatized patients with open fractures is considerable Subeguent complications may include chronic sepsis (10-24%), delayed or failed ...
Mehmet Vatansever, Fehmi Kuyurtar
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Open fractures in the elderly. The importance of skin ageing
, 2015 Open fractures in the elderly are rare and there is little information about them. We have reviewed 484 open fractures in patients aged ≥65 years over a 15-year period and compared them with 1902 open fractures in patients <65 years treated in the ...
Bugler, K E +5 more
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Open fractures I Rwanda: The Kigali experience [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Open fractures are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Their severity depends on Gustilo grading which is based on degree of soft tissue destruction, contamination and neurovascular state.
Bonane, A +2 more
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The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Background: The subtrochanteric fractures represent 7-44% of the fractures of proximal femur caused by low energy trauma in elderly patients or high energy trauma in younger age group.
Ahmed I. Joda +2 more
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Revista Gaúcha de EnfermagemO objetivo deste estudo foi compreender o significado de conviver com fixação externa por fratura exposta grau III em membros inferiores, sob o olhar do paciente.
Catia Cristina Gomes Lopez +2 more
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Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation, 2017 Bilateral and open fractures of the clavicle are rare injuries, with Gustilo-Anderson Type III open clavicle fractures rarely seen. We have reported a case of bilateral clavicle fractures in a young male with crush injury of the neck on the right side ...
Anuj Agrawal
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To study the pattern of bacterial isolates in open fractures
Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation, 2015 Introduction: Open fractures are fairly common in developing countries. Causes of open fractures vary widely including road traffic accident, fall from height, gunshot, assault, machine injuries and others.
Digvijay Agarwal +4 more
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Economics of open tibial fractures: the pivotal role of length-of-stay and infection
Health Economics Review, 2017 In order to define strategies to curb the continuing increase in healthcare costs, we describe the cost breakdown of open tibial fractures. Twenty-seven clinical and process variables were recorded retrospectively, and five main hospital related cost ...
Harm Hoekstra +4 more
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Revista Brasileira de OrtopediaObjective: To identify the infection rate in adult patients with open fractures treated at two tertiary hospitals in the city of Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil..
Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel Guerra +3 more
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