Open fractures and infection

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-312

  Neubauer, Th ^a   Bayer, G S ^a   Wagner, M ^a  

^a Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Classification; Infection; Open fractures; Soft tissue coverage

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; EPIGARD; GENTAMICIN; GENTAMICIN BONE CEMENT; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LABORATORY TEST; MINOR SURGERY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN FLAP; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33750701823     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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