title: Effect of time delay from injury to primary management on the incidence of deep infection after open fractures of the lower extremities caused by blunt trauma in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bednar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parikh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*