Trends in the management of open fractures: A critical analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2739-2748

  Okike, Kanu ^a   Bhattacharyya, Timothy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LAVAGE; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 33845417683     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00146     Document Type: Article

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