Infection Rates Following Internal Fixation of Open and Closed Tibia Fractures in India

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Previous wound infection or osteomyelitis at the same limb (according to subject history).
• •2. Subjects who plan to undergo conversion surgery at a different hospital.
• •3. Previous fracture with retained hardware in injured extremity that will interfere with implant fixation.
• •4. Immunological deficiency disease.
• •5. Tumor related fractures.
• •6. Any severe systemic disease: class V-VI of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification (Appendix 5).
• •7. Recent history of substance abuse (i.e. recreational drugs, alcohol) that would preclude reliable assessment.
• •8. Subject is a prisoner.
• •9. Participation in any other medical device or medicinal product study within the previous month that could influence the results of the present study.