Risk factors for deep surgical site infection following operative treatment of ankle fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 348-353

  Ovaska, Mikko T ^a   Mäkinen, Tatu J ^a   Madanat, Rami ^a   Huotari, Kaisa ^a   Vahlberg, Tero ^b   Hirvensalo, Eero ^a   Lindahl, Jan ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAST APPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPATHY; OBESITY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOBACCO USE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND IRRIGATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877929006     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01672     Document Type: Article

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