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The document outlines the principles for treating open fractures, including classification based on the Gustilo & Anderson system, which categorizes fractures into five grades based on wound characteristics and associated complications. It emphasizes the importance of initial assessment, surgical debridement, and the management strategies that may include various closure techniques. Additionally, it provides statistics on healing times and infection rates associated with different grades of open fractures.

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Open Fracture Eng 1

The document outlines the principles for treating open fractures, including classification based on the Gustilo & Anderson system, which categorizes fractures into five grades based on wound characteristics and associated complications. It emphasizes the importance of initial assessment, surgical debridement, and the management strategies that may include various closure techniques. Additionally, it provides statistics on healing times and infection rates associated with different grades of open fractures.

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Principles for treatment of

Open fractures

Michael Brix
Dept. Of Orthopaedics and
Traumatology, Odense University
AO Plastic Surgery
Hospital
Course 2014
Take home message
Open Fractures
Algorithm for treatment
Open fractures - classification
(Gustilo & Anderson 1976 et 1984)

• Several systems

• None very good, non very bad

• Intra and inter observation problems

• Gustilo & Andersen most used and


referenced
Open Fracture grade I
clean wound < 1 cm
Open fracture grade II:
Wound > 1cm, uncomplicated
Open Fracture grade IIIA
Extensive soft tissue laceration, intact
periosteum
Open fracture grade IIIB
extensive soft tissue loss, periostal stripping,
bone damage and often containation
Open fracture grade IIIC
All with arterial injury, requiring surgical repair
Open fracture
Time for heling-Tibiael fractures
Court-Brown et al. 1990

Gustilo type Time to heling


Type I 15 weeks
Type II 24 weeks
Type IIIA 27 weeks
IIIB 38 weeks
IIIC 74 weeks
Open fracture
Infection

Gustilo Type Infection %


• Grad I 0-2 %
• Grad II 2-5 %
• Grad III A 5-10 %
• Grad III B 10-50 %
• Grad III C 25-50 %
Management of Open
Fractures

Okike & Bhattacharyya; JBJS Vol. 88-A, dec 2006: 2739-2748


Acute treatment
• Initial assesment and treatment ATLS
• Remove gross contaminants
• Photograph for records
• Seal from environment
• Splint the extremity
• Antibiotica as soon as possible
Surgical treatment
• “The solution to polution is dilution”
• Wash the wound
• Irrigate
• Debride
• Early accurate debridement
most important
Strategy……
• Now the team decide for a strategy
• Primary closure
• Split skin
• Rotational flaps
• Free flaps
• VAC and later closure
• Orthopaedic procedures
Wash
Surgical debridement
Primary osteosynthesis and wound closure
3 weeks...
Bike versus bus, decollement.
Acute treatment and surgical debridement
Stage 1: ex-fix and split –skin
Stage 2: internal fiation
No strategy
Clinical
Infected pseudoartrosis staph
aureus
23.04.13
bonetransport
docking with autograft
strategy
After debridement on day 1

• 15 x 10 cm soft tissue defect


• Displaced/ avulsed patellar tendon insertion
• Open knee joint
• Now what?
ORIF and free flap on day 2 (26 hours)

Key reference:
Godina M. Early microsurgical reconstruction of complex trauma of
the extremities. Plast Reconstr Surg 1986;78(3):285–92.
Open Fracture
Primary Amputation

19 Years old woman


Run over by 5 ton machine

Good functionally prosthesis


20 years later
Open fracure - Primary amputation

48 year old, multitrauma-primary amputation


Take home message

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