No clinical benefits using a new design of pins for external fixation: A randomized study in 50 patients operated on by the hemicallotasis technique

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 661-667

  W Dahl, Annette ^a   Toksvig Larsen, Sören ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; External fixation; Pain; Pin fixation; Pin site infection

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAPHYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METAPHYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BONE NAILS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649172405     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0415-7     Document Type: Article

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