Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures

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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Main Authors: Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Yusof, Abdul Halim
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2004
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RD701 Orthopedics
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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
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Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Yusof, Abdul Halim
Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
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
format Article
author Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Yusof, Abdul Halim
author_facet Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Yusof, Abdul Halim
author_sort Mohd Yusof, Nazri
title Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
title_short Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
title_full Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
title_fullStr Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
title_full_unstemmed Outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
title_sort outcome of infection following internal fixation of closed fractures
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2004
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/42096/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42096/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42096/1/Infected_Closed_Fractures.pdf
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