[Primary soft tissue management in open fracture].

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Abstract

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 18. Front Public Health. 2024 Jul 5;12:1331654. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1331654. eCollection 2024. Treatment preferences and current practices regarding open tibial shaft fractures. Qian S(1)(2)(3)(4)(5), Shen Y(1)(2)(3)(4)(5), Sun L(1)(2)(3)(4)(5), Wang Z(1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. (2)Orthopedics Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. (3)Key Laboratory of Motor System Disease Research and Precision Therapy of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China. (4)Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Medical Research Center for Motor System Diseases, Hangzhou, China. (5)International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society, Hangzhou, China. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to reveal the treatment preferences and current practices regarding open tibial shaft fracture (OTSF). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Online surveys of treatment preferences and current practice of OTSF were conducted by orthopedic trauma doctors from various medical institutions in Zhejiang Province. The survey contains three modules. The first module is the basic information of the participants, the second module is the treatment patterns for Gustilo-Anderson type I-II (GA I/II), and the third module is the treatment patterns for Gustilo-Anderson type IIIA (GA IIIA). Furthermore, each treatment pattern was divided into four aspects, including antibiotic prophylaxis, irrigation and debridement, fracture stabilization, and wound management. RESULTS: A total of 132 orthopedic trauma doctors from 41 hospitals in Zhejiang province, participated the online surveys. In GA I-IIIA OTSF, more than three-quarters of participants considered