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Update on the Management of Open Lower Limb Fractures
- Source :
- The Open Orthopaedics Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2012.
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Abstract
- Open lower limb fractures pose a significant challenging pathology for orthopaedic and plastic surgeons to manage due to the combined soft tissue damage, bone loss and potential vascular compromise. These fracture require extensive team-work and expertise between several surgical specialties and the advice of non-surgical specialties to ensure good clinical outcomes. Extensive research has improved the outcomes of open lower limb fractures and current recommendation on the optimal management is always being updated to enhance patient outcomes. This review serves to provide an overview of the management of open tibial fractures using current evidence and recently updated UK guidelines. The optimal time for surgical debridement, surgical intervention, providing antibiotics and soft tissue coverage will be outlined as well as the indications for amputation.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Wound debridement
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Vascular compromise
Surgical debridement
gustilo and and Anderson score
Soft tissue
Open tibial fracture
Time optimal
Article
Lower limb
Optimal management
Surgery
Amputation
amputation
medicine
lower limb fracture
wound debridement
Intensive care medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18743250
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Open Orthopaedics Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....598d0dd362da48b207f80df68fff91c2