title: To the editor.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Slabaugh
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012086:Reoperation; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing