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Anales de la Facultad de Medicina

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FILIPPINI, Juan; BIANCHI, Gottardo  and  FILOMENO, Paola. Update on the management of open fractures. Infection Prevention. Utility of wound Culture. Bibliographic review. Anfamed [online]. 2020, vol.7, n.2, e301.  Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 2301-1254.  https://doi.org/10.25184/anfamed2020v7n2a2.

In open fractures, one of the most feared complications by orthopedic surgeons is soft tissue and bone infection. Despite multiple investigations, therapeutic management guidelines for open fractures, is constantly changing. The main objective of our work was to make an update on the prevention of infection in open fractures through a bibliographic search, with special emphasis on the usefulness of cultures (microbial count) of wounds in the perioperative period of these fractures.

Keywords : Fractures; Open fracture; Wound culture.

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