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Timing of antibiotic administration, wound debridement, and the stages of reconstructive surgery for open long bone fractures of the upper and lower limbs

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Open fractures of the major long bones are complex limb‐threatening injuries that are predisposed to deep infection. Treatment includes antibiotics and surgery to debride the wound, stabilise the fracture and reconstruct any soft tissue defect to enable infection‐free bone repair. There is a need to assess the effect of timing and duration of antibiotic administration and timing and staging of surgical interventions to optimise outcomes.
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Chan, J. K.-K., Aquilina, A. L., Lewis, S. R., Rodrigues, J. N., Griffin, X. L., & Nanchahal, J. (2022). Timing of antibiotic administration, wound debridement, and the stages of reconstructive surgery for open long bone fractures of the upper and lower limbs. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(4).

MLA Style

Chan, JK-K, et al. “Timing of Antibiotic Administration, Wound Debridement, and the Stages of Reconstructive Surgery for Open Long Bone Fractures of the Upper and Lower Limbs.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2022, no. 4, 2022.

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Chan, JK-K, AL Aquilina, SR Lewis, JN Rodrigues, XL Griffin, and J Nanchahal. 2022. “Timing of Antibiotic Administration, Wound Debridement, and the Stages of Reconstructive Surgery for Open Long Bone Fractures of the Upper and Lower Limbs.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022 (4).
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+ Chan, JK-K More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: NDORMS
Sub department:: Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology
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+ Aquilina, AL More by this author

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+ Lewis, SR More by this author

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+ Rodrigues, JN More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: NDORMS
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+ Griffin, XL More by this author

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Publisher:: Cochrane Collaboration
Journal:: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:: 2022
Issue:: 4
Article number:: CD013555
Publication date:: 2022-04-01
DOI:: 10.1002/14651858.cd013555.pub2
EISSN:: 1469-493X
Pmid:: 35363374

Language:: English
Keywords:: FFR
Pubs id:: 1250440
Local pid:: pubs:1250440
Deposit date:: 2022-05-04
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_1d975ddba55d4812ba8e95bf781b55e8

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Copyright date:: 2022
Rights statement:: Copyright © 2022 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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