The use of gentamicin-coated nails in the tibia: Preliminary results of a prospective study

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1419-1425

  Fuchs, Thomas ^a   Stange, Richard ^a   Schmidmaier, Gerhard ^b   Raschke, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic coating; Bone infection; Intramedullary nailing; Open fracture; Osteomyelitis; Soft tissue management; Tibia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE NAILS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TITANIUM;

EID: 83255185714     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1321-6     Document Type: Article

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