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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

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01-02-2015 | Editorial

Editorial

Authors: S. Rajasekaran, P. M. Rommens

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2015

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Open fractures represent a combination of problems: damage to the bone, damage to the soft tissues and contamination. Each of these can lead to specific complications such as nonunion, wound breakdown or infection. Not only these injuries demand complex and multiple interventions but also frequently lead to long time disability and a high financial investment for the patient and the society. Unfortunately, the risk of primary and secondary amputation still remains high. …

Rajasekaran S, Sabapathy SR, Dhennadhayalan J, Sundararajan SR, Venkatramani H, Devendra A, Ramesh P, Srikanth KP. Ganga hospital open injury score in management of open injuries. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2015;41(1):1–13.CrossRef

Venkatramani H, Sabapathy SR, Dheenadayalan J, Devendra A, Rajasekaran S. Reconstruction of post-traumatic long segment bone defects of the lower end of the femur by free vascularized fibula combined with allograft (modified Capanna’s technique). Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2015;41(1):1–8. doi:10.1007/s00068-014-0451-2.CrossRef

Pairon P, Ossendorf C, Kuhn S, Hofmann A, Rommens PM. Intramedullary nailing after external fixation of the femur and tibia: a review of advantages and limits. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2015;41(1). doi:10.1007/s00068-014-0448-x.

Hofmann A, Dietz SO, Pairon P, Rommens PM. The role of intramedullary nailing in treatment of open fractures. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2015;41(1). doi:10.1007/s00068-014-0485-5.

Title: Editorial
Authors: S. Rajasekaran
P. M. Rommens
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-014-0487-3

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