Does the zone of injury in combat-related type III open tibia fractures preclude the use of local soft tissue coverage?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 697-703

  Burns, Travis C ^a   Stinner, Daniel J ^a   Possley, Daniel R ^a   MacK, Andrew W ^b   Eckel, Tobin T ^b   Potter, Benjamin K ^b   Wenke, Joseph C ^c   Hsu, Joseph R ^c  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

flap; fracture; open; rotational; tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049273675     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181d048b8     Document Type: Article

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