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Fractures, Open
Known as:
Fracture, Open
, Fracture, Compound
, fracture opened
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A traumatic break to the bone in which the continuity of the bone has broken through the skin.
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands
C. Southan
,
J. Sharman
,
+12 authors
Nc-Iuphar
Nucleic Acids Res.
2015
Corpus ID: 6786671
The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb, http://www.guidetopharmacology.org) provides expert-curated molecular interactions…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Minimally invasive versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer: a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial
S. Biere
,
M. V. B. Henegouwen
,
+10 authors
M. Cuesta
The Lancet
2012
Corpus ID: 23282085
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale and their importance for hydraulic fracture treatments
J. Gale
,
R. Reed
,
J. Holder
2007
Corpus ID: 15178633
Gas production from the Barnett Shale relies on hydraulic fracture stimulation. Natural opening-mode fractures reactivate during…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones: retrospective and prospective analyses.
R. Gustilo
,
J. T. Anderson
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
2002
Corpus ID: 36108930
In 673 open fractures of long bones (tibia and fibula, femur, radius and ulna, and humerus) treated from 1955 to 1968 at Hennepin…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 for Treatment of Open Tibial Fractures: A Prospective, Controlled, Randomized Study of Four Hundred and Fifty Patients
S. Govender
,
C. Csimma
,
+55 authors
T. Wisniewski
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
2002
Corpus ID: 31099014
Background: The treatment of open fractures of the tibial shaft is often complicated by delayed union and nonunion. The objective…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Fix and flap: the radical orthopaedic and plastic treatment of severe open fractures of the tibia.
S. Gopal
,
S. Majumder
,
A. G. Batchelor
,
S. Knight
,
P. D. de Boer
,
R. M. Smith
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume
2000
Corpus ID: 1393280
We performed a retrospective review of the case notes of 84 consecutive patients who had suffered a severe (Gustilo IIIb or IIIc…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification: A new way to reduce cryoinjuries of bovine ova and embryos
G. Vajta
,
P. Holm
,
+4 authors
H. Callesen
Molecular Reproduction and Development
1998
Corpus ID: 7723554
Although cryopreservation of certain mammalian embryos is now a routine procedure, considerable differences of efficiency exist…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Factors influencing infection rate in open fracture wounds.
M. Patzakis
,
J. Wilkins
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
1989
Corpus ID: 11630990
Seventy-seven infections in 1104 open fracture wounds were evaluated to identify those factors that predisposed to infection…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Problems in the management of type III (severe) open fractures: a new classification of type III open fractures.
R. Gustilo
,
R. M. Mendoza
,
D. N. Williams
Journal of Trauma
1984
Corpus ID: 31351111
Between 1976-1979, 87 Type III open fractures (in 75 patients) were treated at the Hennepin County Medical Center. Factors…
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Validity of cubic law for fluid flow in a deformable rock fracture. Technical information report No. 23
P. Witherspoon
,
J. S. Wang
,
K. Iwai
,
J. Gale
1979
Corpus ID: 73672680
The validity of the cubic law for laminar flow of fluids through open fractures consisting of parallel planar plates has been…
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