Comparison of delayed and primary wound closure in the treatment of open tibial fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Hohmann, E ^a,b   Tetsworth, K ^b,c   Radziejowski, M J ^d   Wiesniewski, T F ^e  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Delayed wound closure; Infection; Open fracture; Primary wound closure; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33846521870     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0222-6     Document Type: Article

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