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Negative-pressure wound therapy versus standard dressings for adults with an open lower limb fracture: the WOLLF RCT
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BACKGROUND: Open fractures of the lower limb occur when a broken bone penetrates the skin and is exposed to the outside environment. These are life-changing injuries. The risk of deep infection may be as high as 27%. The type of dressing applied after surgical debridement could potentially reduce the risk of infection in the open-fracture wound. OBJECTIVES:To assess the disability, rate of deep infection, quality of life and resource use in patients with severe open fracture of the lower ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.3310/hta22730
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- Publisher:
- NIHR Journals Library Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Health Technology Assessment Journal website
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 73
- Pages:
- 1-162
- Publication date:
- 2018-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-07-25
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2046-4924
- ISSN:
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1366-5278
- Pmid:
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30573002
- Source identifiers:
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954731
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- English
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pubs:954731
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- 2019-02-20
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- 2018
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