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01.11.2012 | In Brief
Gustilo-Anderson Classification
verfasst von:
Paul H. Kim, MD, Seth S. Leopold, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 11/2012
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Open fractures usually are high-energy injuries. This, along with the exposure of bone and deep tissue to the environment, leads to increased risk of infection, wound complications, and nonunion [
12,
28,
31]. Antibiotics, surgical débridement, and internal fixation have improved outcomes of open fracture management in important ways, but the underlying principles for treating open fractures have remained the same since World War I: primary asepsis, adequate debridement, immobilization, and protection of wounds against disturbance and reinfection [
25,
26]. …