771
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Case report

Infection of the fracture hematoma from skeletal traction in an asymptomatic HIV-positive patient

Additional support for early surgical treatment of femoral fractures in people living with HIV in low-income countries?

, , &
Pages 423-425 | Received 21 Mar 2012, Accepted 06 May 2012, Published online: 10 Aug 2012

  • 1993 revised classification system for HIV infection and expanded surveillance case definition for AIDS among adolescents and adults. MMWR Recomm Rep 1992; 41(RR-17):1-19.
  • Cacala SR, Mafana E, Thomson SR, Smith A. Prevalence of HIV status and CD4 counts in a surgical cohort: their relationship to clinical outcome. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2006; 88 (1): 46–51.
  • Duane TM, Sekel S, Wolfe LG, Malhotra AK, Aboutanos MB, Ivatury RR. Does HIV infection influence outcomes after trauma? J Trauma 2008; 65 (1): 63–5.
  • Gosselin R, Lavaly D. Perkins traction for adult femoral shaft fractures: a report on 53 patients in Sierra Leone. Int Orthop 2007; 31 (5): 697–702.
  • Gosselin RA, Heitto M, Zirkle L. Cost-effectiveness of replacing skeletal traction by interlocked intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft fractures in a provincial trauma hospital in Cambodia. Int Orthop 2009; 33 (5): 1445–8.
  • Gross T, Huettl T, Audigé L, Frey C, Monesi M, Seibert FJ, Messmer P. How comparable is so-called standard fracture fixation with an identical implant? A prospective experience with the antegrade femoral nail in South Africa and Europe. Injury 2010; 41 (4): 388–95.
  • Guth AA, Hofstetter SR, Pachter HL. Human immunodeficiency virus and the trauma patient: factors influencing postoperative infectious complications. J Trauma 1996; 41 (2): 251–6.
  • Habermann B, Eberhardt C, Kurth AA. Total joint replacement in HIV positive patients. J Infect 2008; 57 (1): 41–6.
  • Harrison WJ, Lewis CP, Lavy CB. Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 2002; 84 (6): 802–6.
  • Laxminarayan R, Mills AJ, Breman JG, Measham AR, Alleyne G, Claeson M, Jha P, Musgrove P, Chow J, . Advancement of global health: key messages from the Disease Control Priorities Project. Lancet 2006; 367 (9517): 1193–208.
  • Mathers C, Fat DM, Boerma JT. The global burden of disease: 2004 update (2008). (Geneva: World Health Organization).
  • Paiement GD, Hymes RA, LaDouceur MS, Gosselin RA, Green HD. Postoperative infections in asymptomatic HIV-seropositive orthopedic trauma patients. J Trauma 1994; 37 (4): 545–51.
  • Patel MS, Malinoski DJ, Nguyen X-MT, Hoyt DB. The impact of select chronic diseases on outcomes after trauma: a study from the National Trauma Data Bank. J Am Coll Surg 2011; 212 (1): 96–104.
  • Peden M. World report on road traffic injury prevention (2004). (World Health Organization Geneva).
  • Saris C GJ, Bastianen CA, Mvan Swieten E CA, Wegdam H HJ. Infection rate in closed fractures after internal fixations in a municipal hospital in Ghana. Trop Doct 2006; 36 (4): 233–5.
  • Sekimpi P, Okike K, Zirkle L, Jawa A. Femoral fracture fixation in developing countries: An evaluation of the surgical implant generation network (SIGN) intramedullary nail. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2011; 93 (19): 1811–8.
  • Stock PG, Barin B, Murphy B, Hanto D, Diego JM, Light J, Davis C, Blumberg E, Simon D, . Outcomes of kidney transplantation in HIV-infected recipients. N Engl J Med 2010; 363 (21): 2004–14.
  • Weiser TG, Regenbogen SE, Thompson KD, Haynes AB, Lipsitz SR, Berry WR, Gawande AA. An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data. Lancet 2008; 372 (9633): 139–44.
  • WHO case definitions of HIV for surveillance and revised clinical staging and immunological classification of HIV-related disease in adults and children (2007). (Geneva: World Health Organization).
  • WHO. World Health Report 2006: Working Together For Health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2006. Available from: http://www.who.int/whr/2006/en/
  • Young S, Lie SA, Hallan G, Zirkle LG, Engeseter LB, Havelin LI. Low infection rates after 34,361 intramedullary nail operations in 55 low- and middle-income countries. Acta Orthop 2011; 82 (6): 737–43.