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In spite of the advances made in fracture care and in the prevention of and management of infection, open fractures remain a serious surgical problem. Even now, an open fracture of the tibia with an associated vascular injury results in an amputation in 60% of cases (Lange et al. 1985).
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Schatzker, J., Tile, M. (1987). Open Fractures. In: The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02483-6_3
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