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Current Concept Review: Risk Factors for Infection Following Open Fractures
Orthopedic Research and Reviews, 2022 Jeffrey Coombs,1,2 Damien Billow,1 Cesar Cereijo,1 Brendan Patterson,1 Stephen Pinney1 1Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; 2Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH ...
Brendan M Patterson +2 more
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The Open-Fracture Patient Evaluation Nationwide (OPEN) Study: Epidemiology of Open Fracture Care in the UK [PDF]
Bone & Joint Open, 2022 James N Hadfield +2 more
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Antibiotics, 2022 Fracture-related infection is a serious complication in orthopedic surgery with severe consequences for the patient. We evaluated whether a novel noble metal nail-coating technology can prevent bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation without interfering
Thevarajan Karupiah +5 more
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OTA International, 2020 . Open fractures are commonly encountered injuries worldwide and are often complicated by infection. Many present significant treatment challenges, where surgeons’ early decision-making can affect long-term outcomes.
Theodore Miclau, MD
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Journal of Orthopaedic Diseases and Traumatology, 2021 Background: The resurfacing of Gustilo–Anderson (GA) IIIB and C fractures remains challenging. Immediate debridement and external stabilization of the fracture followed by early internal fixation along with wound closure using flaps are recommended ...
Masaki Fujioka +2 more
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Prediction of fracture nonunion leading to secondary surgery in patients with distal femur fractures
Bone & Joint Open, 2023 Aims: Several previously identified patient-, injury-, and treatment-related factors are associated with the development of nonunion in distal femur fractures. However, the predictive value of these factors is not well defined.
Heini Sainio +4 more
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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2005 Open fractures are high-energy injuries that require a principle-based approach, starting with detailed evaluation of patient status and injury severity. Early, systemic, wide-spectrum antibiotic therapy should cover gram-positive and gram-negative organisms, and a common regimen is a 3-day administration of a first-generation cephalosporin and an ...
Charalampos G, Zalavras +3 more
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Long Term Follow-up of an Open Bicondylar Hoffa Fracture with a Disrupted Extensor Mechanism: A Case Report [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2019 This is the first report of a long-term follow-up of an open bicondylar Hoffa with patella fracture. It is interesting to note the radiological changes of osteoarthritis 15 years after global intra-articular injury of the distal femur.
Joseph CM +3 more
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Outcomes of open tibial shaft fractures treated by external fixation method
Medicine Science, 2022 Tibia is vulnerable to open fractures due to its relative inadequacy of soft tissue coverage. The optimal treatment method of open tibial fractures is still controversial.
Mehmet Baydar +3 more
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The Management of Open Fractures [PDF]
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2006 This is a review of Medline and PubMed articles on open fractures published in the English literature between 1945 and April 2005. The emphasis of most published articles has been placed on definitive treatment of these injuries at sophisticated referral hospitals.
Robert H, Quinn, Darryl J, Macias
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