Injury
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One of the complications of the surgical therapy for ankle fractures includes wound infection. This study aimed to evaluate postoperative function and clarify the risk factors associated with postoperative wound infection in patients receiving the open reduction and internal fixation for ankle fracture through a multicenter study. ⋯ At 5.7%, the rate of postoperative wound infection in closed ankle fracture was not low. Staphylococcus was the most frequent causative organism. The surgeon should pay attention infection after surgery in the patients who had a trimalleolar fracture or smoking habits.
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Multicenter Study
A pilot agreement study of a new classification system for Peri-implant femoral fractures.
Peri-implant fractures occur in association with an implant, used to treat a previous injury that is still attached to the bone. We recently published a proposal for a classification system for peri-implant femoral fractures [Videla-Cés, Injury,2019]. ⋯ The proposed classification for peri-implant femoral fractures may be useful and user-friendly. Future studies are needed to assess the how clinically useful this classification system may be (the third phase in the validation process).