Outcomes of infected grade IIIB open tibial fractures

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 591-594

  Yusof, Nazri Mohd ^a   Halim, Ahmad Sukari ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Severe open fracture; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE PLATING SYSTEM; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INJURY SCALE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84870008992     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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