Outcome following open reduction and internal fixation of open pilon fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-352

  Boraiah, Sreevathsa ^a   Kemp, Travis J ^a   Erwteman, Andrew ^a   Lucas, Paul A ^a   Asprinio, David E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEEP WOUND INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED MAZUR SCORING SYSTEM; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN PILON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SUPERFICIAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; DEBRIDEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPLINT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLINTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950505314     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01678     Document Type: Article

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