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The tertiary management of pretibial lacerations.
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PMID:  22269858     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Pretibial lacerations remain one of the commonest yet most neglected conditions facing emergency departments and plastic surgeons alike. Furthermore, these injuries afflict the most vulnerable groups of adults - the elderly and the infirm. It is essential therefore to have an approach to pretibial lacerations based on best available evidence, in order to optimize wound outcomes, but perhaps more importantly, to safeguard the general health of the vulnerable individual. We present an evidence-based approach to the tertiary management of these injuries and propose a treatment algorithm that we have utilized in our unit to successfully manage 40% of tertiary referrals of pretibial lacerations in a conservative manner.
Authors:
Steven Lo; M J Hallam; Shona Smith; Tania Cubison
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1878-0539     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101264239     Medline TA:  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Rd., East Grinstead RH19 3DZ, United Kingdom.
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