High Pressure Pulsatile Lavage of Contaminated Human Tibiae: An in Vitro Study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 479-484

  Bhandari, M ^a   Adili, A ^a   Lachowski, R J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Victoria Medical Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone architecture; Colony forming units; Compound fracture; Debridement; Escherichia coli; High pressure pulsatile lavage; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BONE; CYTOLOGY; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE AND BONES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032160406     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199809000-00009     Document Type: Article

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