Open Long Bone Fracture Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department
Open Long Bone Fracture Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department
Open Fracture Classification Typing
Type | Definitions |
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I |
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II |
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IIIA |
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IIIB |
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IIIC |
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Type I | Type II | Type IIIA | Type IIIB |
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Gustilo RB, Mendoza RM, Williams DN. Problems in the management of type III (severe) open fractures: a new classification of type III open fractures. J Trauma 1984; 24: 742-6; Melvin JS, Dombroski DG, Torbert JT et al. Open tibial shaft fractures: Evaluation and initial wound management. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2010; 18 (1): 10-9