High Pressure Pulsatile Lavage Irrigation of Intraarticular Fractures: Effects on Fracture Healing

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 460-463

  Dirschl, Douglas R ^a   Duff, Gregory P ^a   Dahners, Laurence E ^a   Edin, Matthew ^a   Rahn, Berton A ^b   Miclau, Theodore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; High pressure irrigation; Non union; Pulsatile lavage; Wound contamination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FRACTURE HEALING; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; IRRIGATION; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032158985     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199809000-00005     Document Type: Article

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