A Study of Immediate and Delayed Closure of Type II and IIIa Open Tibia Fractures

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

451

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2000

Conditions
Type II and IIa Open Tibia Fractures
Interventions
PROCEDURE

delayed closure

wounds packed open with normal saline wet to dry gauze dressings and were returned to the operating room 36 to 72 hours after initial procedure for a second debridement and definitive closure.

PROCEDURE

immediate wound closure

traumatic and surgical wounds closed at the initial surgical intervention

Trial Locations (1)

28203

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Orthopaedic Trauma Association

OTHER

collaborator

Orthopaedic Research and Education Fund

UNKNOWN

lead

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

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