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Prevention of Infection in Open Fractures in Mass Disasters

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Management of open fractures is based on the principles of patient assessment, injury classification, temporary coverage, and immobilization of the fractured extremity during transportation, early antibiotic therapy, extensive debridement, fracture stabilization, wound management, and soft tissue coverage.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Southern California, 1200 North State Street, GNH 3900, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Efthymios Papasoulis MD, Charalampos G. Zalavras MD, PhD, FACS & Michael J. Patzakis MD

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  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bar Ilan Univ, Ziv Medical Ctr, Zefat, Israel

    Alexander Lerner

  3. Urgent Pediatric Surgery and Trauma, Clinical and Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

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Papasoulis, E., Zalavras, C.G., Patzakis, M.J. (2016). Prevention of Infection in Open Fractures in Mass Disasters. In: Wolfson, N., Lerner, A., Roshal, L. (eds) Orthopedics in Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_20

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