Intramedullary nailing for open fractures of the femoral shaft: Evaluation of contributing factors on deep infection and nonunion using multivariate analysis

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1085-1093

  Noumi, Takashi ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohtsuka, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Koushin ^a   Itoman, Moritoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep infection; Intramedullary nailing; Multivariate analysis; Nonunion; Open femoral fracture; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 23644457448     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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