Salvage of rib stabilization hardware with antibiotic beads
Salvage of rib stabilization hardware with antibiotic beads
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United States: Elsevier Inc
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English
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United States: Elsevier Inc
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Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) can be used to improve pulmonary mechanics; however, hardware infection is a morbid complication. Antibiotic impregnated beads have been used to suppress infection in orthopedic practices. We aimed to determine the efficacy of antibiotic beads for infected and at-risk SSRF hardware.
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Salvage of rib stabilization hardware with antibiotic beads
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2190484064
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2190484064
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0002-9610
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1879-1883
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10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.02.032
