Open extremity fractures: Impact of delay in operative debridement and irrigation

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1201-1207

  Malhotra, Ajai Kumar ^a   Goldberg, Stephanie ^a   Graham, Jeffery ^a   Malhotra, Nancy R ^a   Willis, Mark C ^a   Mounasamy, Varatharaj ^a   Guilford, Kelly ^a   Duane, Therese M ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Mayglothling, Julie ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

debridement; delay; Fracture; infection; open

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARM FRACTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP INFECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INJURY SCALE; LEG FRACTURE; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84899828239     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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