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Short-term outcomes of severe open wartime tibial fractures treated with ring external fixation.
Keeling JJ, Gwinn DE, Tintle SM, Andersen RC, McGuigan FX. Keeling JJ, et al. Among authors: gwinn de. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Dec;90(12):2643-51. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01326. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008. PMID: 19047709
BACKGROUND: The treatment of complex open tibial fractures sustained in combat remains controversial. This study investigated the short-term outcomes of type-III tibial shaft fractures treated at our institution with ring external fixation. ...
BACKGROUND: The treatment of complex open tibial fractures sustained in combat remains controversial. This study investigated the short-t …
Perioperative differences between bone bridging and non-bone bridging transtibial amputations for wartime lower extremity trauma.
Gwinn DE, Keeling J, Froehner JW, McGuigan FX, Andersen R. Gwinn DE, et al. Foot Ankle Int. 2008 Aug;29(8):787-93. doi: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0787. Foot Ankle Int. 2008. PMID: 18752776
CONCLUSION: Longer operative and tourniquet times should not be considered a contraindication to utilizing the bone bridging amputation technique in younger and otherwise healthy patients. Both amputation techniques have comparable rates of short term wound complications a …
CONCLUSION: Longer operative and tourniquet times should not be considered a contraindication to utilizing the bone bridging amputation tech …