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Case Reports
. 1985 Dec;25(12):1170-2.
doi: 10.1097/00005373-198512000-00010.

Importunate fractures

J H Yocum, B D Cotten, D Seligson
Case Reports

Importunate fractures

J H Yocum et al. J Trauma. 1985 Dec.

Abstract

The treatment of compound fractures has been discussed extensively in the literature. Little has been written, however, about the closed fracture that compounds in the hospital environment. This paper discusses three cases of importunate fracture, with skin breakdown and exposed fracture fragments, and their treatment with tobramycin beads (and in two cases, external fixateurs).

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