ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2025
Managing Pin Tracts in Open Tibial Fractures: The Role of Medical Waste Rubber Bung.
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- Open Fractures Beyond Long Bones: Rethinking Age-Dependent Injury Mechanisms and Anatomical Patterns in Pediatric Trauma.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pin Tract Infections in Pediatric Open Long Bone Fractures: Common but Clinically Manageable.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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Objective: This study aims to assess the effect of using medical waste rubber bung (MWRB) for pin-tract management in patients with open tibial fractures treated with external fixators (EFs). Methods: A retrospective analysis of 91 patients with open tibial fractures admitted to our hospital over a three-year period was conducted to compare and statistically characterize overall PTI incidence, PTI rate across five different pin-tract locations, time (days) to the first occurrence of infection, and Checketts-Otterburn classification. Results: Among the enrolled 91 patients, 88 met the criteria. After excluding deaths and losses to follow-up, they were divided into two study groups, with no significant difference in overall PTI incidence. Group A exhibited a significantly lower rate of severe infection and prolonged time to initial infection compared to Group B (both Conclusion: The study underscores that compression in EF management is necessary to significantly reduce the incidence of severe PTIs, especially in the tibial metaphysis, and to delay the onset of initial infection among patients with open tibial fractures.
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