The treatment of gustilo grade IIIB tibia fractures with application of antibiotic spacer, flap, and sequential distraction osteogenesis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-552

  Hutson, James J ^a   Dayicioglu, Deniz ^a   Oeltjen, John C ^a   Panthaki, Zubin J ^a   Armstrong, Milton B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone gap; Flap; Grade IIIB tibia fracture; Ilizarov; Spacer

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77951767168     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181cf9fb5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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