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[Programmed debridement, combined with jet lavage in extensive hand infections]
R Ketterl1, A Leitner, W Wittwer
1Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kreiskrankenhaus Traunstein.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
108 patients with a distinct infection of the hand were treated according to a protocol with serial debridements in combination with jet-lavage. In 106 patients the infection could be controlled with good functional result (79%) and normal neurological findings (85%). Microbial count in different tissues showed a significant decrease during the serial debridements.