[Infections in the surgical management of pelvic ring fractures]. / Infecciones en el manejo quirúrgico de las fracturas del anillo pélvico.
Acta Ortop Mex
; 24(3): 163-8, 2010.
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| ID: mdl-20836371
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Infections that occur after the surgical management of pelvic fractures may involve potentially devastating complications. The broader approaches involving soft tissue dissection and a long operative time may increase the infection rate when compared with more conservative approaches. This incidence may be reduced with a better understanding of the approaches, lymph node sparing and antibiotic use. The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence and severity of local infections in a series of adult patients with pelvic ring lesions treated surgically. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
This is a prospective observational descriptive study. A total of 49 patients operated on by a single surgeon from 2004 to 2008 were included.RESULTS:
Forty-four patients (90%) had no signs of infection during the treatment period. In the remaining 5 cases (10%), 5 episodes of infection were documented.CONCLUSIONS:
The identification of a local postoperative infection warrants an aggressive and urgent assessment of the patient. The devitalized tissue should be removed and empiric antibiotic therapy should be instituted after taking culture samples. A deep infection rate after pelvic fixation ranging from 0 to 10% has been published. The prevalence is higher among the surgical teams with less expertise. The incidence rate in our review was similar to the one reported in the literature.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Huesos Pélvicos
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Complicaciones Posoperatorias
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Infecciones Bacterianas
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Fracturas Óseas
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Acta Ortop Mex
Asunto de la revista:
ORTOPEDIA
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article