Open AccessOpen Tibial Fracture Treatment in Argentina
Author(s) -
Germán Garabano,
Madeline C. MacKechnie,
Sebastián Pereira,
Kelsey Brown,
Michael J. Flores,
César Ángel Pesciallo,
Theodore Miclau,
Fernando Bidolegui
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jb and js open access
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2472-7245
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.oa.21.00153
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , nonunion , surgery , orthopedic surgery , demographics , external fixation , fixation (population genetics) , delayed union , external fixator , population , demography , environmental health , sociology
The purposes of the present study were (1) to characterize open tibial fractures and their treatment in trauma centers located across different regions of Argentina and (2) to evaluate the rates of and indications for reoperation after the surgical treatment of such fractures.