Fluid lavage of open wounds (FLOW): Design and rationale for a large, multicenter collaborative 2 × 3 factorial trial of irrigating pressures and solutions in patients with open fractures

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; IRRIGATION PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPERATING ROOM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 77953872380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-85     Document Type: Article

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