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Speciality Spotlight
Trauma
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RN Town Seud, T Lheureau, J Protetch et al
Timing Fracture Repair in Patients with Severe brain line Injury Trauma :
Injury Infective Critcare 44: 977-982, 1998
For patients with severe head injury and femoral fracture, orthopaedic surgery is best deferred until risks are minimized by adequate reuscitation. Patients undergoing earlier fracture repair are at increased risk of secondary brain injury. Delaying surgery for 24 hours.
