Firearm-Related Fractures: Epidemiology and Infection Rate

Firearm-Related Fractures: Epidemiology and Infection Rate

Abstract Objective To investigate the incidence of infection in patients with gunshot-related fractures, and to correlate this finding with the occurrence of surgical debridement in the emergency room. Methods A retrospective, observational, descriptive study that included all cases of fractures c...

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Main Authors: Daniel Baumfeld, Auro Sérgio Perdigão de Brito, Maíra Soares Torres, Kassio Lohner Prado, Marco Antonio Percope de Andrade, Tulio Vinicius de Oliveira Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2020-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Wound infection/epidemiology
wounds, gunshot/epidemiology
fractures, bone
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbort/v55n5/1982-4378-rbort-55-05-0625.pdf

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