2024
Deep infections after low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures are frequently polymicrobial and recalcitrant
Chintalapudi N, Fram B, Odum S, Seymour R, Karunakar M, , Hsu J, Kempton L, Phelps K, Sims S, Medda S, Sweeney J, Hickson K, Young C, Kamath P. Deep infections after low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures are frequently polymicrobial and recalcitrant. OTA International The Open Access Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024, 7: e345. PMID: 39363953, PMCID: PMC11449420, DOI: 10.1097/oi9.0000000000000345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexDeep infection rateTibia fracturesDeep infectionCephalosporin prophylaxisMass indexMedian body mass indexIsolated organismsFracture-related infectionAssociated with deep infectionLocal antibiotic treatmentSigns of infectionInfection rateAntibiotic prophylaxisSurgical characteristicsIntraoperative culturesPerioperative prophylaxisPolymicrobial infectionsNo significant differenceProphylactic cefazolinAntibiotic treatmentRecalcitrant infectionsTreatment optionsProphylaxisRisk factors
2020
An Adjunct Indicator for the Diagnosis of Fracture-Related Infections: Platelet Count to Mean Platelet Volume Ratio
Strony J, Paziuk T, Fram B, Plusch K, Chang G, Krieg J. An Adjunct Indicator for the Diagnosis of Fracture-Related Infections: Platelet Count to Mean Platelet Volume Ratio. Journal Of Bone And Joint Infection 2020, 5: 54-59. PMID: 32455095, PMCID: PMC7242407, DOI: 10.7150/jbji.44116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchErythrocyte sedimentation rateFracture-related infectionC-reactive proteinMean platelet volume ratioPlatelet volume ratioNegative predictive valueFracture nonunionRevision surgeryPreoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rateReceiver operator characteristic curve analysisCurve analysisOperator characteristic curve analysisOrthopaedic fracture careReliable screening testROC curve analysisCharacteristic curve analysisDiagnosis of fractureSignificant demographic differencesCommon complicationFracture careAcute phaseRetrospective reviewPreoperative settingPlatelet countIntraoperative cultures