Routine pin tract care in external fixation is unnecessary: A randomised, prospective, blinded controlled study - Camathias, Carlo; Valderrabano, Victor; Oberli, Hermann (Injury, 2012)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bone Nails - adverse effects; Child; Child, Preschool; Double-Blind Method; External fixation; External Fixators - adverse effects; Female; Fracture Fixation - adverse effects; Fracture Fixation - instrumentation; Fractures, Bone - complications; Fractures, Bone - epidemiology; Humans; Infection; Male; Melanesia - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Orthopedics; Pin tract care; Pin tract infection; Prospective Studies; Soft Tissue Infections - epidemiology; Soft Tissue Infections - pathology; Soft Tissue Infections - prevention & control; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Surgical Wound Infection - pathology; Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control; Traction - instrumentation; Melanesia; Infection; External fixation; Pin tract infection; Pin tract care