Long-term follow-up of a series of infected fractures of the tibia.
The management of chronic infection in fractures by a method I described in 1965 which was shown to give a better than 9 out of 10 chance of wound healing, is now shown to offer at least a 6 out of 10 chance of wounds remaining healed for 10 years. Amputation is almost never necessary.
D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*