Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To conduct a retrospective analysis on cases undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage, at an orthopedic emergency service in a teaching hospital, with the aim of evaluating patients with postoperative infection after conversion to internal osteosynthesis. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis covering the period from June 2012 to June 2013, on patients who underwent inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation and subsequently were converted to definitive osteosynthesis using a nail or plate. RESULTS: We found an infection rate of 13.3% in our sample and, furthermore, found that there had been technical errors in setting up the fixator in 60.4% of the cases. CONCLUSION: We found an infection rate that we considered high, along with inadequacies in constructing the external fixator. We emphasize that this procedure is not risk-free and that training for physicians who perform this procedure should be mandatory.

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Main Authors: Foni,Noel Oizerovici, Batista,Felipe Augusto Ribeiro, Rossato,Luís Henrique Camargo, Hungria,José Octavio Soares, Mercadante,Marcelo Tomanik, Christian,Ralph Walter
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0102-361620150006006252016-01-05Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixationFoni,Noel OizeroviciBatista,Felipe Augusto RibeiroRossato,Luís Henrique CamargoHungria,José Octavio SoaresMercadante,Marcelo TomanikChristian,Ralph Walter Infection External fixators Internal fracture fixation ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To conduct a retrospective analysis on cases undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage, at an orthopedic emergency service in a teaching hospital, with the aim of evaluating patients with postoperative infection after conversion to internal osteosynthesis. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis covering the period from June 2012 to June 2013, on patients who underwent inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation and subsequently were converted to definitive osteosynthesis using a nail or plate. RESULTS: We found an infection rate of 13.3% in our sample and, furthermore, found that there had been technical errors in setting up the fixator in 60.4% of the cases. CONCLUSION: We found an infection rate that we considered high, along with inadequacies in constructing the external fixator. We emphasize that this procedure is not risk-free and that training for physicians who perform this procedure should be mandatory.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e TraumatologiaRevista Brasileira de Ortopedia v.50 n.6 20152015-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000600625en10.1016/j.rboe.2015.10.011
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author Foni,Noel Oizerovici
Batista,Felipe Augusto Ribeiro
Rossato,Luís Henrique Camargo
Hungria,José Octavio Soares
Mercadante,Marcelo Tomanik
Christian,Ralph Walter
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Batista,Felipe Augusto Ribeiro
Rossato,Luís Henrique Camargo
Hungria,José Octavio Soares
Mercadante,Marcelo Tomanik
Christian,Ralph Walter
Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
author_facet Foni,Noel Oizerovici
Batista,Felipe Augusto Ribeiro
Rossato,Luís Henrique Camargo
Hungria,José Octavio Soares
Mercadante,Marcelo Tomanik
Christian,Ralph Walter
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title Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
title_short Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
title_full Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
title_fullStr Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
title_sort postoperative infection in patients undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation
description ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To conduct a retrospective analysis on cases undergoing inspection of orthopedic damage, at an orthopedic emergency service in a teaching hospital, with the aim of evaluating patients with postoperative infection after conversion to internal osteosynthesis. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis covering the period from June 2012 to June 2013, on patients who underwent inspection of orthopedic damage due to external fixation and subsequently were converted to definitive osteosynthesis using a nail or plate. RESULTS: We found an infection rate of 13.3% in our sample and, furthermore, found that there had been technical errors in setting up the fixator in 60.4% of the cases. CONCLUSION: We found an infection rate that we considered high, along with inadequacies in constructing the external fixator. We emphasize that this procedure is not risk-free and that training for physicians who perform this procedure should be mandatory.
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