The effect of time to definitive treatment on the rate of nonunion and infection in open fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 484-490

  Harley, Brian J ^a   Beaupre, Lauren A ^a   Jones, C Allyson ^a   Dulai, Sukhdeep K ^a   Weber, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Infection; Nonunion; Open fractures; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE INFECTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RADIUS FRACTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; ULNA FRACTURES; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036054850     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200208000-00006     Document Type: Article

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