Increased rates of wound complications with locking plates in distal fibular fractures

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1125-1129

  Schepers, T ^a   Lieshout, E M M Van ^b   Vries, M R De ^a   Van Der Elst, M ^a  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Complications; Locking plate; Operative treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THERAPY DELAY; TOURNIQUET; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052420667     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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