What is Too Swollen? Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery with Acute Wound Complications for Operatively-Treated Lower Extremity Fractures

What is Too Swollen? Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery with Acute Wound Complications for Operatively-Treated Lower Extremity Fractures

Category: Trauma, Soft Tissue Introduction/Purpose: Considerable debate exists regarding how soft-tissue edema should influence timing of surgery for lower extremity fractures. Assessment of swelling is subjective and timing varies amongst surgeons. However, timing of surgery is one of the few modif...

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Main Authors: Matthew D. Riedel MD, Amber Parker BS, Mingxin Zheng PhD, Jorge Briceno MD, Steven J. Staffa MS, Christopher P. Miller MD, Philip B. Kaiser MD, Jim S. Wu MD, David Zurakowski PhD, John Y. Kwon MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-10-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00361

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https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00361

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