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
“If it’s an open fracture, where the fracture has penetrated the skin and the bone is exposed, your prognosis rapidly decreases due to infection because you are running on a dirt surface,” Blea said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023
It took a while, in large part because Church dropped a weight on his foot in a preseason workout, causing serious damage to his left big toe — open fracture, bone exposed, nail bed destroyed.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022
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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