A novel system for the irrigation of open fractures
| Autor: | M. J. Hutton, Karunakaravel Karuppasamy, M. J. Le F. Porteous |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Irrigation Open fracture Time Factors integumentary system business.industry Washout Surgery Fractures Open Treatment Outcome Anesthesia Pressure Wound Infection medicine Humans General Earth and Planetary Sciences Therapeutic Irrigation business Decontamination General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Injury. 35:980-981 |
| ISSN: | 0020-1383 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.injury.2003.08.010 |
| Popis: | It is accepted that a good washout of contaminated wounds with copious fluids reduces the rate of infection. We describe a simple method of rapidly irrigating wounds with high volumes of fluid. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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