Influence of Internal Fixation on Wound Infections
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal Of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
- Vol. 27 (9), 1051-1054
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-198709000-00016
Abstract
With increasing frequency trauma surgeons are advocating early internal fixation in open fractures. The effect of the fixation devices on the infection rate in contaminated wounds remains a concern as our clinical experience in this area has been mixed. To study the effects of internal fixation on bone infections a 3.5-mm stainless steel screw was inserted into rabbit femurs and the wounds contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. The controls had the screw hole drilled and taped but the screw was not inserted. Thirty of 49 rabbits receiving the screw subsequently became infected whereas 19 of 56 control animals developed an infection. The difference was significant at the 0.05 confidence level.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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