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Is Discharging Patients After External Fixation and Between Stages During Periarticular Lower Extremity Fracture Care Safe?
Shannon Tse, Frank Sierra, Chiara Anna Giordani, Kanwar Parhar, Matthew Frederickson, David Dallas-Orr, Gillian L Soles, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Mark A Lee, Augustine M Saiz, Sean T Campbell
Published: 202610.1097/BOT.0000000000003113
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether discharge between stages for lower extremity periarticular fracture surgery affected complication rates and hospital length of stay. It was hypothesized that patients discharged between stages experienced more compl…
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