Browsing by Author "Hirst, P."
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Casting versus surgical fixation for grade IIIA open tibial diaphysial fractures in children: Effect on the rate of infection and the need for secondary surgical procedures to promote bone union
Charalambous, C. P.; Alvi, F.; Siddique, I.; Zenios, Michalis; Hirst, P.; Marshall, P. (2005)We evaluated 39 grade IIIA open tibial fractures presenting in children younger than 13 years of age, to determine if the mode of fracture stabilization (casting vs. surgical fixation) was related to the rate of infection ...
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Early versus delayed surgical treatment of open tibial fractures: Effect on the rates of infection and need of secondary surgical procedures to promote bone union
Charalambous, C. P.; Siddique, I.; Zenios, Michalis; Roberts, S.; Samarji, R.; Paul, A. K.; Hirst, P. (2005)The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there was any significant difference in the rates of infection and of secondary surgical procedures to promote bone union, between early(6 h or less after arrival to hospital) ...