Is obesity protective against wound healing complications in pilon surgery? Soft tissue envelope and pilon fractures in the obese.

Graves, Matthew L

Is obesity protective against wound healing complications in pilon surgery? Soft tissue envelope and pilon fractures in the obese. [electronic resource] - Orthopedics Aug 2010

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1938-2367

10.3928/01477447-20100625-27 doi


Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Ankle Injuries--diagnostic imaging
Anti-Bacterial Agents--therapeutic use
Body Mass Index
Debridement
External Fixators
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Fracture Fixation--methods
Humans
Incidence
Injury Severity Score
Internal Fixators
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity--complications
Prognosis
Range of Motion, Articular
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgical Wound Dehiscence--epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection--epidemiology
Tibial Fractures--diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wound Healing
Young Adult