Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery With Acute Wound Complications for Operatively Treated Ankle and Other Lower Extremity Fractures
Riedel MD, Parker A, Zheng M, Briceno J, Staffa SJ, Miller CP, Kaiser PB, Wu JS, Zurakowski D, Kwon JY. Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery With Acute Wound Complications for Operatively Treated Ankle and Other Lower Extremity Fractures. Foot & Ankle International 2019, 40: 526-536. PMID: 30688533, DOI: 10.1177/1071100718820352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound complicationsTiming of surgeryLower extremity fracturesEdema indexAnkle fracturesExtremity fracturesRisk factorsComplication rateTobacco historyPatient-specific risk factorsAcute wound complicationsWound complication riskIndependent risk factorPostoperative wound complicationsProspective cohort studyWound complication rateNonmodifiable risk factorsSoft tissue edemaSoft-tissue swellingLower extremity traumaAssessment of swellingClosed ankleCohort studyContralateral extremityFracture care