Prevention of pin tract infection with iodine-supported titanium pins

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 598-602

  Shirai, Toshiharu ^a,b   Watanabe, Koji ^a   Matsubara, Hidenori ^a   Nomura, Issei ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroyoshi ^b   Arai, Yuji ^b   Ikoma, Kazuya ^b   Terauchi, Ryu ^b   Kubo, Toshikazu ^b   Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IODINE; THYROID HORMONE; TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BONE IMPLANT; BONE PIN; CHECKETTS OTTERBURN CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PIN TRACT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BONE NAIL; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TITANIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905092150     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-014-0561-z     Document Type: Article

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