Does timing to operative debridement affect infectious complications in open long-bone fractures? A systematic review

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1057-1064

  Schenker, Mara L ^a   Yannascoli, Sarah ^a   Baldwin, Keith D ^a   Ahn, Jaimo ^a   Mehta, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME;

EID: 84863578332     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00582     Document Type: Article

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