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Orthopaedic surgery

a grading of open long-bone fractures into types by wound size, contamination and soft-tissue damage, linked to infection risk.

In orthopaedic surgery, Gustilo-Anderson classification refers to a grading of open long-bone fractures into types by wound size, contamination and soft-tissue damage, linked to infection risk. This meaning comes from Gustilo (1976) in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.[1]

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References

Gustilo, R., & Anderson, J. (1976). Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 58(4), 453-458. https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-197658040-00004

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