Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
A retrospective study was done in 30 patients with infected closed fractures treated initially by open reduction and internal fixation. Nineteen fractures involved the femur, 8 the tibia, 2 the radius and 1 the ulna. Twenty-five were diaphyseal and 5 metaphyseal. Twenty-two fractures had initiall...
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| description | A retrospective study was done in 30 patients with infected closed fractures treated initially by open reduction and internal fixation. Nineteen fractures involved the femur, 8 the tibia, 2 the radius and 1 the ulna. Twenty-five were diaphyseal and 5 metaphyseal. Twenty-two fractures had initially been treated with plating and 8 with intramedullary nailing. Thirteen patients presented in the acute phase and 17 in the subacute phase of infection. Twenty-two patients presented with low grade infection and 8 with florid infection. The commonest organism isolated was Staphylococcus aureus (80%), of which fifty four percent was resistant to Methicillin (MRSA). This study showed that 77% of infected fractures with a stable implant united even in the presence of infection |
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| spelling | iium-420962015-03-17T03:55:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42096/ Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures Mohd Yusof, Nazri Yusof, Abdul Halim RD701 Orthopedics A retrospective study was done in 30 patients with infected closed fractures treated initially by open reduction and internal fixation. Nineteen fractures involved the femur, 8 the tibia, 2 the radius and 1 the ulna. Twenty-five were diaphyseal and 5 metaphyseal. Twenty-two fractures had initially been treated with plating and 8 with intramedullary nailing. Thirteen patients presented in the acute phase and 17 in the subacute phase of infection. Twenty-two patients presented with low grade infection and 8 with florid infection. The commonest organism isolated was Staphylococcus aureus (80%), of which fifty four percent was resistant to Methicillin (MRSA). This study showed that 77% of infected fractures with a stable implant united even in the presence of infection Malaysian Medical Association 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42096/1/Infected_Closed_Fractures.pdf Mohd Yusof, Nazri and Yusof, Abdul Halim (2004) Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures. Med J Malaysia, 59 (5). pp. 665-669. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/past_issues.html |
| spellingShingle | RD701 Orthopedics Mohd Yusof, Nazri Yusof, Abdul Halim Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures |
| title | Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
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| title_full | Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
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| title_fullStr | Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
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| title_full_unstemmed | Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
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| title_short | Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
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| title_sort | outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures |
| topic | RD701 Orthopedics |
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