Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To conduct a retrospective analysis on cases undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage, at an orthopedic emergency service in a teaching hospital, with the aim of evaluating patients with postoperative infection after conversion to internal osteosynthesis. METHODS: This was a...

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Main Authors: Noel Oizerovici Foni, Felipe Augusto Ribeiro Batista, Luís Henrique Camargo Rossato, José Octavio Soares Hungria, Marcelo Tomanik Mercadante, Ralph Walter Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000600625&lng=en&tlng=en