open fractures
Predisposing factors for early infection in patients with open fractures and proposal for a risk score
... in open fractures at the moment of the patient’s admission to the Emergency Room, keeping in mind that all variables used for the IRS are collected at the initial clinical assessment, and thus ...
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Survey of management of open fractures
... of open fracture was conducted to improve the service; few issues of impor- tance were ...of open long bone fracture is debated ...of open fractures as a sig- nificant prognostic indicator for ...
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Damage control surgery – experiences from a level I trauma center
... Treatment strategy in relation to clinical parameters Using the multinomial logistic regression, we analysed the influence of pre-treatment parameters on treatment decision. ETC was the reference group in the analysis. ...
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Review of Antibiotics Usage in the Management Open Fracture in a Nigerian Hospital
... with open fractures were resuscitated and treated using the advanced trauma life support (ATLS) ...associated open fractures were inspected, and clinical photographs obtained as ...of ...
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Salvage procedures in lower extremity trauma in a child with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type I: a case report
... pediatric fractures of the lower ...nine open fractures of the tibia for whom TSF was used for ...nine open tibia fractures were first stabilized with a monolateral external fixateur, ...
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Hybrid External Fixation for Open Severe Comminuted Fractures of the Distal Femur
... femur open comminuted fracture (type C2 and C3) were treated by hybrid external fixator between January 2005 and December ...20 fractures were type C2 and 14 were type C3. All fractures were ...
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Role Of Intramedullary Interlocking Nail In Fracture Tibia Among Adults – A Prospective Study In A Tertiary Care Hospital, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaV. Nageswara Rao, S. Jagan Mohan, Lavanya K.M
... closed fractures and open fractures of type I, II, IIIA (Gustilo – Anderson) who consented for the study were included while pathological fractures, fractures within 5 cm distal to knee ...
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Original Article Treatment of open calcaneal fractures using a new external fixator
... that open calcaneal fractures have a high propensity for deep infec- ...type-II open fractures associated with a medial wound can be treated with open reduction and internal fixation, ...
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Functional and radiological outcome of Proximal tibial fractures type V and Type VI treated by modified hybrid external fixator
... Male predominance was seen ( 80%) and it was contributed to the increased usage of motor vechicles by men. 70 % had right sided injury. Among the 20 patients, 12 patients ( 60%) sustained open injury. Comparing to ...
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Epidemiology of Open Limb Fractures in a Country with Low Income
... of fractures were col- ...(77.1%). Open fractures classified Gustillo-Anderson type III were predominant with type IIIa ...Conclusion: Open limb fractures are ...
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A Prospective Study in Orthopedic Department Of Nishter Hospital, Multan to Know the Extremity and Sequence of Injuries of Bone in Motorbike Accidents
... Open fractures classified into open and closed fractures, open fractures classified according to GASTILO, classification of ANDERSON patients with only soft tissue injuries, ...
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Factors Associated with the Outcome of Open Tibial Fractures
... of open fracture cases in other Malaysian public hospitals ...of open fractures, Okike and Bhattacharyya reported that time is most likely not as important a risk factor for infection as the adequacy ...
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Incidence of infected open fracture wounds in level i trauma center in Saudi Arabia
... 36 open fractures presented to (KAMC) in a 6-month period between 2015 and 2016, we were able to take complete swabs from 19 ...18 open fracture wounds showed negative cultures, and one wound had a ...
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Review Article Elastic stable intramedullary nailing of humerus fractures in children
... displaced fractures with significant shortening and an- ...no open fractures in this ...humerus fractures, we have always used the standard ESIN technique [15, 16, 27, 28] with a pair of ...
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis in open lower extremity fractures
... of open fracture, which antibiotic should be selected for antimicrobial prophylaxis, and what is the optimal timing and duration of administration? Results: For Grade I and II open fractures, a ...
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Economics of open tibial fractures: the pivotal role of length-of-stay and infection
... Deep infection was found to be the leading cause of the high total LOS and healthcare costs of open tibial fractures. Strict antibiotic guidelines and surgical proto- cols are adopted to minimize infection. ...
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Functional outcome analysis of management of compound fractures of tibia with Ilizarov Fixator
... that open fractures remain open until the patients is returned to the operating room for a secondary debridement to ensure that adequate debridement of necrotic tissue from the wound has done prior ...
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Evaluation of 3 Dimensional Plates in Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Subcondylar Fractures
... A Prospective clinical and radiological study was conducted on five patients reporting at the Department Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, The Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai. Patients with ...
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Management of Mandibular Body Fractures in Pediatric Patients
... Facial fractures in children account for the approximately 5% of all ...condyle. Fractures in the condylar region are the most common, followed by angle and body ...mandibular fractures in children ...
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Comparison of Wiltse’s paraspinal approach and open book laminectomy for thoracolumbar burst fractures with greenstick lamina fractures: a randomized controlled trial
... and open book laminectomy) to treat thoracolumbar burst fractures with greenstick lamina fractures in patients without preopera- tive neurological ...outcome. Open book laminectomy was as- ...
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