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A versatile model of open-fracture infection : a contaminated segmental rat femur defect

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to refine an accepted contaminated rat femur defect model to result in an infection rate of approximately 50%. This threshold will allow examination of treatments aimed at reducing infection in open fractures with less risk of type II error. METHODS: Defects...

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Autores principales: Penn-Barwell, J. G., Rand, B. C. C., Brown, K. V., Wenke, J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4054011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24926038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.36.2000293