"Fractures, Open" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.
Descriptor ID |
D005597
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MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.311
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Concept/Terms |
Fractures, Open- Fractures, Open
- Fracture, Open
- Open Fracture
- Open Fractures
- Fractures, Compound
- Compound Fracture
- Compound Fractures
- Fracture, Compound
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fractures, Open" by people in Profiles.
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Surgical Infection Society Guidelines: 2022 Updated Guidelines for Antibiotic Use in Open Extremity Fractures. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2022 Nov; 23(9):817-828.
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Impact of Body Mass Index and Bacterial Resistance in Osteomyelitis after Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Open Lower-Extremity Fractures. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 Apr; 18(3):368-373.
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Open clavicle fractures: patterns of trauma and associated injuries. J Orthop Trauma. 2012 Feb; 26(2):107-9.
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Evaluation of pediatric lower extremity fractures managed with external fixation: outcomes in a deployed environment. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2012 Jan; 41(1):15-9.
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Calcaneal reconstruction with free fibular osteocutaneous flap. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2011 Jul; 27(6):343-8.
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The treatment of gustilo grade IIIB tibia fractures with application of antibiotic spacer, flap, and sequential distraction osteogenesis. Ann Plast Surg. 2010 May; 64(5):541-52.
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Wound botulism complicating internal fixation of a complex radial fracture. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Feb; 48(2):650-3.
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Extreme anemia in an injured Jehovah's Witness: a test of our understanding of the physiology of severe anemia and the threshold for blood transfusion. J Trauma. 2009 Jul; 67(1):E11-3.
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The distal superficial femoral arterial branch to the sartorius muscle as a recipient vessel for soft tissue defects around the knee: anatomic study and clinical applications. Microsurgery. 2009; 29(6):425-9.
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How reliable is the distally based peroneus brevis muscle flap? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002 Jul; 110(1):360-2.