ArticleCureus2021
Analysis of Risk Factors and Association of Cluster of Differentiation (CD) Markers With Conventional Markers in Delayed Fracture Related Infection for Closed Fracture.
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- Neutrophil cell surface receptor dynamics following trauma: a systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Pooled it
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- Fracture related Infection - Challenges in definition and diagnosis.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Current Concepts of Fracture-Related Infection.International journal of clinical practice · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundFracture-related infections (FRI) remain a difficult consequence for orthopedic trauma patients, their relatives, the treating physicians, and the healthcare systems. Delayed fracture-related infection is an important step in the infection process that can be controlled by diagnosing and preventing it from moving to the next level. Neutrophils CD64 and CD66b were identified as sensitive indicators in the event of infection. Normal sequential changes, on the other hand, occur after surgery and are extremely high. They are back to normal on the 10 MATERIAL &
methodsBetween February 2020 and March 2021, 510 patients from the Department of Orthopedics at King George Medical University in Lucknow agreed to participate in the study. The study included patients who had a closed fracture and had undergone elective or emergency surgery. Blood was withdrawn before the surgery (baseline) on day one and again on the third, seventh, and 10
resultsOf the 510 patients included, 272 were men (53.3%) and 238 women (46.7%), the mean age was 40 (20-78), the mean age for fracture related infection with positive culture (FRI POS) was 48.0 (SD: 19.47), for fracture related infection with negative culture (FRI NEG) was 46.20 (SD: 17.18), and for patient with no signs of infections (NON-FRI) was 45.13 (SD: 17.62) (p <0.001), the mean duration of the fracture to admission (in hours) was 4.90 (SD: 1.92), 4.91 (SD: 2.65), and 5.14 (SD: 2.66) (p <0.001), respectively. The mean duration of admission to surgery (in hours) was 31.54 (SD: 85.14), 43.14 (SD: 105.64), and 61.84 (134.14), respectively (p <0.001). The mean duration of surgery was 4.63 (SD: 1.85), 5.14 (SD: 2.16), and 5.05 (SD: 2.16) (p <0.001). The risk factors such as bone type (p = 0.04) and addiction (p = 0.01) were identified as statistically significant. There was no correlation between the CD66b markers on the third, seventh, and 10
conclusionThe risk factors for infection in fracture patients are significantly influenced by the type of bone and addiction the patient is using. Elevated CD64 levels could be used as a diagnostic marker for infection early on the 10
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