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==Classification==
==Classification==
* Type I: single penetration with out extensive soft tissue damage
* Type I: single penetration with out extensive soft tissue damage
* Type II: Single or multiple penetrations with extensive soft tissue distruptions (flapsm avulsions, or degloving)
* Type II: Single or multiple penetrations with extensive soft tissue disruptions (flaps, avulsions, or degloving)
* Type III: open periarticular fractures with extension through the adjacent intraarticular surface
* Type III: open periarticular fractures with extension through the adjacent intraarticular surface
* Type IV: open dislocations or those with associated nerve or vascular injury requiring repair
* Type IV: open dislocations or those with associated nerve or vascular injury requiring repair


==Management==
==Management==
* Should have OR for exploration and washout within 6 to 24 hours
* Perioperative antibiotics until 24 to 48 hours postoperative
*Perioperative antibiotics until 24 to 48 hours postoperative
**No specific risk factors: [[cefazolin]]
**No specific risk factors: [[cefazolin]]
**MRSA likely: [[vancomycin]]
**MRSA likely: [[vancomycin]]

Latest revision as of 16:16, 4 April 2022

Classification

  • Type I: single penetration with out extensive soft tissue damage
  • Type II: Single or multiple penetrations with extensive soft tissue disruptions (flaps, avulsions, or degloving)
  • Type III: open periarticular fractures with extension through the adjacent intraarticular surface
  • Type IV: open dislocations or those with associated nerve or vascular injury requiring repair

Management

Further Reading

  • Open joint injuries. Classification and treatment. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1989(243):48-56. PMID: 2721074