OTD classic article review - Gustillo RB, Anderson JT (1976) Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones: retrospective and prospective analyses

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Summary

In 673 open fractures of long bones treated from 1955 to 1968 at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and analyzed retrospectively and in a prospective study from 1969 to 1973, Sensitivity studies suggested that cephalosporin is currently the prophylactic antibiotic of choice.

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2002-04-01
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Medicine, Surgery, Ulna, Amputation, Prospective cohort study

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