Delayed flap reconstruction with vacuum-assisted closure management of the open IIIB tibial fracture

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1705-1708

  Hou, Zhiyong ^a   Irgit, Kaan ^a   Strohecker, Kent A ^a   Matzko, Michelle E ^a,b   Wingert, Nathaniel C ^a   Desantis, Joseph G ^a   Smith, Wade R ^c  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Wedish   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Delayed closure; IIIB; Open fractures; VAC; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255191776     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822e2823     Document Type: Article

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