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http://hdl.handle.net/11434/238| Title: | Is operative management of fractures safe in the collocated burn and fracture injury? |
| Epworth Authors: | Wasiak, Jason |
| Other Authors: | Bradshaw, Luke Cleland, Heather |
| Keywords: | Burn Fracture Multi-trauma Internal Fixation Infection Burns Fractures, Bone Fracture Management Fractures, Complications Dermal Burns Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2014 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | Injury. 2015 Jun;46(6):1145-9 |
| Abstract: | To review the management of a collocated major fracture and dermal burn injury in adult multi-trauma patients. In particular, this study examines the methods and timing for fracture fixation and the fracture complications observed. A retrospective chart review of all patients admitted to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia from January 2000 to December 2012 with a collocated dermal burn and major fracture. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/238 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.injury.2014.07.027 |
| PubMed URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25174660 |
| ISSN: | 0020-1383 |
| Journal Title: | Injury |
| Type: | Journal Article |
| Affiliated Organisations: | Victorian Adult Burns Service, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Department of Surgery, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
| Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Retrospective studies |
| Appears in Collections: | Musculoskeletal |
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