Maintenance of hardware after early postoperative infection following fracture internal fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 823-828

  Berkes, Marschall ^a   Obremskey, William T ^b   Scannell, Brian ^c   Ellington, J Kent ^c   Hymes, Robert A ^d   Bosse, Michael ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77951882638     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00470     Document Type: Article

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