Catastrophic osteomyelitis following percutaneous wire fixation of a distal radial fracture: a cautionary tale of poor patient selection followed by surgical mishap.

Shields, David W; Elson, David W; Marsh, Martin; Gray, Andrew C

Shields, David W; Elson, David W; Marsh, Martin; Gray, Andrew C.

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Shields DW; Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. dwshields@gmail.com

BMJ Case Rep ; 20132013 Jan 25.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23355597

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Fracture Fixation, Internal/adverse effects; Osteomyelitis/microbiology; Radius Fractures/surgery; Surgical Wound Infection/microbiology; Aged, 80 and over; Bone Wires; Dementia/complications; Female; Humans; Osteomyelitis/therapy; Patient Selection; Radius Fractures/complications; Surgical Wound Infection/therapy

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Osteomyelitis / Radius Fractures / Surgical Wound Infection / Fracture Fixation, Internal Limits: Aged80 / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: BMJ Case Rep Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom Country of publication: United kingdom

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