$The cost of infection in severe open tibial fractures treated with a free flap$

The cost of infection in severe open tibial fractures treated with a free flap

Purpose Open tibial fractures needing soft tissue cover are challenging injuries. Infection risk is high, making treatment difficult and expensive. Delayed skin closure has been shown to increase the infection rate in several studies. We aimed at calculating the direct and indirect cost of treatment...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International orthopaedics 2017-05, Vol.41 (5), p.1049-1055
Hauptverfasser:	Olesen, Ulrik Kähler, Pedersen, Nicolas Jones, Eckardt, Henrik, Lykke-Meyer, Line, Bonde, Christian Thorsten, Singh, Upender Martin, McNally, Martin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Female Fractures, Open - complications Fractures, Open - economics Fractures, Open - surgery Free Tissue Flaps - adverse effects Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Humans Length of Stay Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Original Paper Orthopedics Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - economics Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods Retrospective Studies Surgical Wound Infection - economics Surgical Wound Infection - therapy Tibia - surgery Tibial Fractures - complications Tibial Fractures - economics Tibial Fractures - surgery Treatment Outcome Young Adult
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