A staged protocol for soft tissue management in the treatment of complex pilon fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Sirkin, Michael ^a,c   Sanders, Roy ^b   DiPasquale, Thomas ^b   Herscovici Jr , Dolfi ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Pilon; Wound management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FIBULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 4644346361     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200409001-00005     Document Type: Article

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