The timing of ankle fracture surgery and the effect on infectious complications; a case series and systematic review of the literature

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Abstract
Every effort should be made to operate on closed ankle fractures as soon as reasonably possible. A delay in surgery is associated with a significant rise in infectious wound complications, which significantly lowers outcome and patient satisfaction. These fractures should preferably be treated withi …
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Authors Schepers T;De Vries MR;Van Lieshout EM;Van der Elst M;;
Journal International orthopaedics
Year 2013
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systematic review National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine treatment outcome adult female male middle aged young adult Retrospective Studies Ankle Injuries / surgery* Fracture Fixation Fractures Bone / surgery* time factors recovery of function bone plates pmid:23288046 pmc3580081 doi:10.1007/s00264-012-1753-9 tim schepers mark r de vries maarten van der elst fibula / injuries* internal / adverse effects* surgical wound infection / etiology*

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