open fracture
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More than 6,700 patients who had surgery to treat a closed lower extremity or pelvic fracture and 1,700 patients who had surgery to treat an open fracture participated in the study.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
They concluded that the choice of an aqueous antiseptic solution -- either 10% povidone-iodine or 4% chlorhexidine gluconate -- does not alter the risk of surgical-site infection for patients with an open fracture.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
A male climber was found in critical condition with an open fracture on his lower leg and head trauma and another female climber was alert and oriented with a lower leg fracture.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Basketball’s latest training camp, recalling a similarly ghastly open fracture of the tibia sustained by Louisville’s Kevin Ware in Plumlee’s final game as a collegian at Duke.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019
In a compound or open fracture, on the other hand, such a communication exists, and, by furnishing a means of entrance for bacteria, may add materially to the gravity of the injury.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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