Infection following fractures of the proximal tibia – a systematic review of incidence and outcome

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 481 - 8
• Main Authors: Henkelmann, Ralf, Frosch, Karl-Heinz, Glaab, Richard, Lill, Helmut, Schoepp, Christian, Seybold, Dominik, Josten, Christoph, Hepp, Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.11.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Care and treatment; Fracture Fixation - adverse effects; Fracture Fixation - methods; Fracture Fixation - statistics & numerical data; Fractures; Health aspects; Humans; Incidence; Infection; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Outcome after infection; Postoperative Complications; Proximal tibia fracture; Reoperation - statistics & numerical data; Risk Factors; Surgical site infection; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Surgical Wound Infection - etiology; Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology; Tibia - injuries; Tibia - surgery; Tibia plateau fracture; Tibial Fractures - epidemiology; Tibial Fractures - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Surgical site infection; Tibia plateau fracture; Proximal tibia fracture; Outcome after infection

To systematically review all available studies of operatively treated proximal tibia fractures and to report the incidence of superficial or deep infection and subsequent outcomes. A systematic review of the literature in Medline, Cochrane, Embase and GoogleScholar was conducted to identify studies...