Does the CDC Surgical Wound Classification adequately predict postoperative infection in lower extremity fracture surgery?

While there seems to be an overall trend of increasing SWC corresponding with higher rates of open fractures and fractures requiring repeat procedures and staged fixation involving an external fixator, this trend is disrupted for the latter 2 categories, with fractures within Class II demonstrating the highest rates of both fractures requiring repeat procedures and staged fixation.

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