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Risk of septic knee following retrograde intramedullary nailing of open and closed femur fractures
BACKGROUND: One potential complication of retrograde femoral nailing in the treatment of femur fractures is the risk of septic knee. This risk theoretically increases in open fractures as a contaminated fracture site has the potential to seed the instrumentation being passed in and out of the steril...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3305453/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22340770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-7-7 |