Effect of time delay from injury to primary management on the incidence of deep infection after open fractures of the lower extremities caused by blunt trauma in adults

J Orthop Trauma. 1993;7(6):532-5. doi: 10.1097/00005131-199312000-00008.

Authors

D A Bednar¹, J Parikh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 8308606
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199312000-00008

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Femoral Fractures / complications*
Femoral Fractures / surgery
Fracture Fixation
Fractures, Open / complications*
Fractures, Open / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
Staphylococcus epidermidis*
Tibial Fractures / complications*
Tibial Fractures / surgery
Time Factors
Wound Infection / etiology*