Surgical site infection in high-energy peri-articular tibia fractures with intra-wound vancomycin powder: a retrospective pilot study

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSI) continue to be a significant source of morbidity despite the introduction of perioperative intravenous antibiotics. Our objective was to assess the efficacy of local vancomycin powder on lowering deep SSI rates in high-energy tibial plateau and pilon fractu...

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Autores principales: Singh, Keerat, Bauer, Jennifer M., LaChaud, Gregory Y., Bible, Jesse E., Mir, Hassan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25957509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-015-0352-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25957509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-015-0352-0

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