Injury
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Randomized Controlled Trial
No role for antiseptics in routine pin site care in Ilizarov fixators: A randomised prospective single blinded control study.
Pin site infection is the commonest complication of Ilizarov external fixation. The aim of the study was to examine if use of antiseptics was superior over control and further if daily dressing was superior to weekly dressing in regular pin site care in reducing the burden of pin site infection in Ilizarov fixators. ⋯ Use of antiseptics does not offer any advantage in regular pin site care in Ilizarov external fixation and daily pin site care is not superior to weekly pin site care. Empirical therapy in early and low grade pin site infections must be targeted against Staphylococcus.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A prospective randomized trial of 100 patients using trochanteric support plates; worth their mettle?
To compare the radiological and clinical results of sliding hip screw (SHS) fixation with or without a Trochanteric Support Plate (TSP) on unstable three-or-more-part trochanteric fractures. ⋯ This study cannot confirm that TSP has any beneficial effects on unstable three-or-more-part trochanteric fractures. If any effect at all, the difference is most likely slight and clinically irrelevant.