Management o an exposed fracture in Primary Health Attention. A propos of a case.

Authors

  • Orlando Pérez Rivera HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO
  • Lourdes Polanco Domínguez HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO
  • Tomas Ortiz Rivera HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO
  • Ricardo Mauro Pérez Rivera HOSPITAL CLÍNICO QUIRÚRGICO DOCENTE ¨CELIA SÁNCHEZ MANDULEY¨ MANZANILLO

Keywords:

FRACTURES, OPEN /drug therapy, TIBIAL FRACTURES/drug therapy, ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS /therapeutic use, DISEASE MANAGEMENT, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Abstract

It is presented a case of an exposed tibial fracture first assisted in a Primary Health Attention and then transferred to Secondary Health Attention because of torpid evolution. It was made an adequate valoration taking consequent conduct, and there were established standard treatment. It was concluded that immediate attention with multidisciplinary approach guarantees an adequate patient evolution, obtaining a fast recuperation, and incorporation to social life, demonstrating the importance of an adequate management in this traumatic lesion in Primary Health Attention.

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Published

2008-01-05

How to Cite

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Pérez Rivera O, Polanco Domínguez L, Ortiz Rivera T, Pérez Rivera RM. Management o an exposed fracture in Primary Health Attention. A propos of a case. RM [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 5 [cited 2025 Jul. 14];12(1). Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/1802

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