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OPEN FRACTURES
- Definition: any fx that communicates with an overlying disruption of skin and soft tissues
- Initial assessment: still the ABCs (including pulses, hemorrhage control)
- Key history: mechanism, time course of event
- Physical exam: neurovascular status of injury, degree of contamination, associated injuries
- Emergent interventions (ortho consult): reduction, splinting, compartment pressures
- Analgesia, tetanus, irrigation, saline dressings
- Classification: Gustilo-Anderson Classification System: See below
- Antibiotics
- Class I/II – 1st generation cephalosporin (cefazolin)
- Class II/III – 1st gen cephalosporin + aminoglycoside
- Heavily contaminated wound (farming equipment, heavy soil): add penicillin or clindamycin or metronidazole for anaerobic coverage (clostridium)
- Imaging
- Operative Repair – Yes, please.
TYPE | I (0-2%) | II (2-5%) | IIIA | IIIB | IIIC |
Wound Size | < 1cm | > 1cm | often large zone of injury | often large zone of injury | often large zone of injury |
Soft Tissue | minimal | no extensive damage | extensive | extensive | extensive |
Contam | clean | moderate | extensive | extensive | extensive |
Fracture Pattern | simple, minimal comminution | moderate comminution | severe comminution or segmental fractures | severe comminution or segmental fractures | severe communition or segmental fractures |
Skin Coverage | local coverage | local coverage | local coverage | replacement of exposed bone with free flap | local coverage |
Neurovasc | normal | normal | normal | normal | arterial injury |
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Jay Khadpe MD
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
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SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital
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