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Comparison of Soap and Antibiotic Solutions for Irrigation of Lower-Limb Open Fracture Wounds
Senthil Nathan Sambandam, MS, MRCS; Arif Gul, MS, MRCS
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  2005; 87:2588-a-2589 
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To The Editor:We would like to comment on the article entitled, "Comparison of Soap and Antibiotic Solutions for Irrigation of Lower-Limb Open Fracture Wounds. A Prospective, Randomized Study" (2005;87:1415-22), by Anglen. First, we would like to congratulate the author for this excellent prospective, randomized study. The author even stratified the confounding variables, such as the grade of open injury, before randomizing. Hence, we think that this article provides important scientific evidence regarding the wound irrigation of open fractures. However, we would like to ask the author to clarify some areas in the article so that readers will acquire even more valuable information.
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