Clinical outcome of open ankle fractures in patients above 70 years of age
CONCLUSION: An open ankle fracture in a patient older than 70 years has at least a 20% chance of requiring repeated surgical intervention due to deep SSIs. The presence of a cardiac history appears to be the main predictor for wound complications.PMID:37485433 | PMC:PMC10359747 | DOI:10.5312/wjo.v14.i7.554
Source: World Journal of Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Wajiha Zahra Mina Seifo Paul Cool David Ford Tosan Okoro Source Type: research
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