Routine pin tract care in external fixation is unnecessary: A randomised, prospective, blinded controlled study

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1969-1973

  Camathias, Carlo ^a   Valderrabano, Victor ^b   Oberli, Hermann ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c National Referral Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

External fixation; Infection; Pin tract care; Pin tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN; PIN SITE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84866737906     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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