The effect of time delay on infection in open long-bone fractures: A 5-year prospective audit from a district general hospital

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-112

  Spencer, Jonathan ^a,b   Smith, Andrew ^a,c   Woods, David ^a,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; Infection; National CEPOD; Open

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542515270     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588404322827491     Document Type: Article

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