Complications after intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures in a low-income country: A prospective study of follow-up, HIV infection, and microbial infection rates after IM nailing of 141 femoral fractures at a central hospital in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Some surgeons believe that internal fixation of fractures carries too high a risk of infection in low-income countries (LICs) to merit its use there. However, there have been too few studies from LICs with sufficient follow-up to support this belief. We first wanted to determine whether...

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Autores principales: Young, Sven, Banza, Leonard N, Hallan, Geir, Beniyasi, Fletcher, Manda, Kumbukani G, Munthali, Boston S, Dybvik, Eva, Engesæter, Lars B, Havelin, Leif I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171678
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.850014

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171678
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.850014

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