The effect of time delay to surgical debridement of open tibia shaft fractures on infection rate

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1195-

  Tripuraneni, Krishna ^a   Ganga, Sarat ^b   Quinn, Robert ^a   Gehlert, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY DELAY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63649130958     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20081201-27     Document Type: Article

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