Open tibia fractures: Timely debridement leaves injury severity as the only determinant of poor outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-357

  Enninghorst, Natalie ^a   McDougall, Debra ^a   Hunt, Joshua J ^a   Balogh, Zsolt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Debridement; Open fracture; Tib fib fracture; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79951614993     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820b4285     Document Type: Article

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