Letter to the Editor: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Grade IIIB Tibial Fractures: Fewer Infections and Fewer Flap Procedures?
Division of Plastic Surgery of Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto Medical School of University of São Paulo-Brazil, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil. jafarinajr@fmrp.usp.br.
Jayme Adriano
JA
Farina
Division of Plastic Surgery of Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto Medical School of University of São Paulo-Brazil, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil.
Carlos Eduardo Fagotti
CE
de Almeida
Division of Plastic Surgery of Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto Medical School of University of São Paulo-Brazil, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil.
Evelyne Gabriela Schmaltz Chaves
EG
Marques
Division of Plastic Surgery of Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto Medical School of University of São Paulo-Brazil, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil.
João Luis Gil
JL
Jorge
Division of Plastic Surgery of Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto Medical School of University of São Paulo-Brazil, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900 Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil.
Renan Victor Kumpel Schmidt
RV
Lima
D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*