Kirschner Wire Pin Tract Infection Rates: A Randomized Controlled Trial Between Percutaneous and Buried Wires
| Autor: | R. Eckersley, S. J. Drew, D. G. Hargreaves |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Adolescent law.invention Radial fractures Fracture Fixation Internal Randomized controlled trial law Fracture fixation medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Kirschner wire Prospective Studies Child Bone Wires Device Removal Aged Aged 80 and over Transplantation integumentary system business.industry Middle Aged Infection rate Surgery Female Radius Fractures business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hand Surgery. 29:374-376 |
| ISSN: | 0266-7681 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.03.003 |
| Popis: | This prospective, randomized trial compares the infection rates of Kirschner wires left percutaneously and those buried deep to the skin in a group of patients with isolated distal radial fractures. Percutaneous wires had a significantly greater infection rate than wires which were buried deep to the skin. |
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