High and low pressure pulsatile lavage of contaminated tibial fractures: An in vitro study of bacterial adherence and bone damage

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 526-533

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a,c   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b   Adili, Anthony ^c   Lachowski, Richard J ^c   Shaughnessy, Stephen G ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial adherence; Bone damage; Open fracture; Pulsatile irrigation; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG; HUMAN; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; PRESSURE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DOGS; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PRESSURE; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033218224     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199911000-00002     Document Type: Article

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