title: Importunate fractures.
abstract: The treatment of compound fractures has been discussed extensively in the literature. Little has been written, however, about the closed fracture that compounds in the hospital environment. This paper discusses three cases of importunate fracture, with skin breakdown and exposed fracture fragments, and their treatment with tobramycin beads (and in two cases, external fixateurs).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*