High-pressure pulsatile lavage irrigation of contaminated fractures: Effects on fracture healing

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1205-1209

  Caprise Jr , Peter A ^a   Miclau, Theodore ^b   Dahners, Laurence E ^a   Dirschl, Douglas R ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated fractures; Fracture healing; High pressure irrigation; Pulsatile lavage; Wound irrigation

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTURE; SURGERY; SYRINGES;

MICRORADIOGRAPHS;

ORTHOPEDICS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAVAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYRINGE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; IRRIGATION; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036433348     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(02)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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