Pin site care for preventing infections associated with external bone fixators and pins

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Lethaby, Anne ^a   Temple, Jenny ^b   Santy Tomlinson, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

CLEANING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIN SITE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND CARE; BANDAGE; BONE NAIL; BONE WIRE; EQUIPMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRACTION THERAPY;

BANDAGES; BONE NAILS; BONE WIRES; DISINFECTANTS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TRACTION;

EID: 84897368241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004551.pub3     Document Type: Review

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