Complications after low-velocity ballistic femur fractures: a series of 104 patients at a level 1 trauma center
Fram B, Chintalapudi N, Davis J, Yu Z, Seymour R, Karunakar M, Collective E, Hsu J, Kempton L, Phelps K, Sims S, Medda S, Odum S, Wally M, Sweeney J, Hickson K, Young C, Kamath P. Complications after low-velocity ballistic femur fractures: a series of 104 patients at a level 1 trauma center. OTA International The Open Access Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024, 8: e353. PMID: 39703728, PMCID: PMC11654790, DOI: 10.1097/oi9.0000000000000353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of complicationsComplication rateFemur fracturesProphylactic antibioticsDuration of prophylactic antibioticsAssociated with increased risk of complicationsRisk factors of complicationsDeep surgical site infectionAssociated with increased complicationsIncreased risk of complicationsPatients aged 18+ yearsCase of compartment syndromeAcademic level I trauma centerAll-cause complicationsAssociated with increased riskFactors of complicationsHospital length of staySurgical site infectionRate of complicationsLevel I trauma centerLevel 1 trauma centerRate of vascular complicationsStandard of careAged 18+ yearsLength of stay