Wound complications following the use of FiberWire in lower-extremity traumatic amputations. A case series.
Mack
Andrew W
AW
Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20307, USA. andrew.mack@amedd.army.mil
Freedman
Brett A
BA
Shawen
Scott B
SB
Gajewski
Donald A
DA
Kalasinsky
Victor F
VF
Lewin-Smith
Michael R
MR
D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D005269:Femur / Q000293:injuries*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015743:Giant Cells, Foreign-Body / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries*
C014534:Ethibond; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates