[Programmed debridement, combined with jet lavage in extensive hand infections].

Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd

Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kreiskrankenhaus Traunstein.

Published: June 1998

108 patients with a distinct infection of the hand were treated according to a protocol with serial debridements in combination with jet-lavage. In 106 patients the infection could be controlled with good functional result (79%) and normal neurological findings (85%). Microbial count in different tissues showed a significant decrease during the serial debridements.

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