Treatment of secondary hip arthritis from shell fragment and gunshot injury in the Syrian civil war

Abstract Background In gunshot and shell fragment injuries to the hip joint, orthopedic intervention includes wound assessment and care, osteosynthesis of fractures, and avoiding of infection and osteoarthritis. Individuals injured in the Syrian civil war were frequently transferred to the authors’...

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Main Authors: Raif Özden, Serkan Davut, Yunus Doğramacı, Aydıner Kalacı, İbrahim Gökhan Duman, Vedat Uruç
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-020-01993-z