How is open fracture treated

Usually we will be in the fracture, combined with the coverage of the fracture site of the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue injury fracture, fracture end and the outside of the same fracture called open fracture. Open fracture is faced with commonly the place that suffer an injury is broken, its difficulty rises relatively bigger also, so, how should open fracture be dealt with after all?

First, the treatment of open fractures to debridement, that is, to clean up the affected area. The fresh open fracture wound in the early stage after injury (within 8 hours), debridement should be implemented as soon as possible, to completely remove the deactivated tissue and foreign bodies that contaminate the wound surface, and close the wound to prevent infection. Therefore, efforts must be made to perform debridement and closure within 6 to 8 hours. When suturing, attention should be paid to whether the wound has tension, the skin defect is small, and the wound can be sutured directly without tension. Phase I closed wound must be carried out without tension, and it must not be forced to be closed directly. Otherwise, the internal tension of wound will increase and blood supply will be affected, resulting in ischemic necrosis of skin edge and deep tissue, increasing the risk of infection.