Open Fractures
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Open Fractures
[OCOSH Code: D005597 439987009 T14.2 WI_FR_OF]
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2004 Antibiotics for preventing infection in open limb fractures popular
Location: http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003764.htmlMember Ratings:
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Summary: Antibiotics are effective in preventing early infection in open fractures of the limbs
Wound and bone infections are common complications following open fractures of the limbs. For more than 20 years, in developed countries, the use of antibiotics has been a part of a standard management protocol that also includes...
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2000 Pulsatile Lavage Irrigation for Removing Particulate Matter from Bone
Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/420377
Medscape 2000 ReportAt the current time, it seems most appropriate to use high-pressure lavage systems in the irrigation and debridement of open fractures. It is noted that high-pressure lavage may have adverse effects and that surgeons should be judicious in the amount of fluid that is potentially injected into the...
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Classifying Open Fractures PatientPlus
Location: http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40002142/
Synonym: compound fracture
An open fracture can be defined as a broken bone that is in communication through the skin with the environment. The amount of communication can vary from a small puncture wound in the skin to a large avulsion of soft tissue that leaves the bone exposed.
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Management of an open tibia fracture with an external fixator
Location: http://www0.sun.ac.za/ortho/webct-ortho/general/exfix/exfix-1.html
How to debride a tibia and apply an exfix
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Microsurgery Transplantation and Replantation Buncke et al
Location: http://buncke.org/book/contents.html
Full text and illustrations of 1991 textbook
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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Replantation
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Open Fractures
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Hand Injuries
- Orthopedic Topics: Regional Orthopaedics: Foot
- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma
- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Fundamentals of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Hand
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Open Fractures
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Hand Injuries
- Orthopedic Topics: Regional Orthopaedics: Foot
- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma
- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Fundamentals of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Hand
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Open Fracture Classification
Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/bfc/templ/exp.htm
Lecture/Presentation from the Basic Fracture Course of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
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Open Fractures Orthoteers
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Open (Compound) fractures
Goals
* Prevention of infection
* Healing of the fracture
* Restoration of function
Classification
Steps in Management
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Open Fractures POSNA Study Guide
Location: http://www.posna.org/education/StudyGuide/openFractures.asp
Objectives
1. Define open fracture
2. Describe a system of classification for open fractures
3. Describe an approach to management of open fractures
4. Discuss indications for wound closure with open fractures
5. Discuss methods of fixation for open fractures,...
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Open Fractures Wheeless
Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/open_fractures
treat all open fractures as an emergency;
- perform thorough initial evaluation to diagnose other life-threatening injuries: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Open Tibial Fractures
Location: http://www0.sun.ac.za/ortho/webct-ortho/tibia/tibia1.html
Tibial fractures are often open due to most of the anterior border of the shaft being subcutaneous. The wound must be inspected in the trauma ward and then covered with a sterile dressing. A broad spectrum antibiotic is given (first generation cephalosporin plus amiloglycocide if very contaminated) Prophylaxis against tetanus...
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Over-growth after treatment of tibial open fracture with external fixator (1996)
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Study shows that overgrowth of average 17mm occurs if children with an open tibial fracture are treated with an external fixator
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Rationale and Technique of Wound Debridement
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Rationale and Technique of Wound Debridement Lecture/Presentation from the Basic Fracture Course of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
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The Decision to Salvage or Amputate Medscape
Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410430
The Decision to Salvage or Amputate a Severely Injured Limb
J South Orthop Assoc 9(1):72-78, 2000 Mark D. Hiatt, MD, MBA, James M. Farmer, MD, Robert D. Teasdall, MD, ScM
Abstract The decision to salvage or amputate a severely injured limb is one of the most difficult an orthopaedic surgeon may face. The...
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