Treatment of severely open tibial fractures, non-unions, and fracture-related infections with a gentamicin-coated tibial nail—clinical outcomes including quality of life analysis and psychological ICD-10-based symptom rating

Treatment of severely open tibial fractures, non-unions, and fracture-related infections with a gentamicin-coated tibial nail—clinical outcomes including quality of life analysis and psychological ICD-10-based symptom rating

Abstract Background Implant-associated infections depict a major challenge in orthopedics and trauma surgery putting a high burden on the patients and health care systems, strongly requiring improvement of infection prevention and of clinical outcomes. One strategy includes the usage of antimicrobia...

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Main Authors: Nike Walter, Daniel Popp, Viola Freigang, Michael Nerlich, Volker Alt, Markus Rupp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Subjects:
Antimicrobial-coated nails
Infection prevention
Quality of life
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02411-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02411-8

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