International Lower Limb Collaborative (INTELLECT) study: a multicentre, international retrospective audit of lower extremity open fractures
Juan Enrique Berner, James Chan, Matthew D. Gardiner, Alfonso Navia, Rodrigo Tejos, Manuel Ortíz-Llorens, Alina Ortega-Briones, Hinne A. Rakhorst, Jagdeep Nanchahal, Abhilash Jain, INTELLECT Collaborative, Grant S. Nolan, Harsh Samarendra, Anita T. Mohan, Katy Cooper, Nina Beatriz Bezerra Lins Pereira, Günther Mangelsdorff, Jacqueline Villalobos Venegas, A Layseca, Joanna Skillman, Ann-Marie Kennedy, A. Qureshi, Katy L. Wallis, L Harry, Ahmed Hagiga, Ibrahim Sa, M Albendary, Ketan Shah, Cher Bing Chuo, C Katsura, J R Rodríguez Astudillo, Alicia Ortega, J P Henríquez Rissios, M Nova Nova, John P. Hughes, Christopher M. Wearn, D Peberdy, Bernard Ho, K Gohil, Ahid Abood, Nicholas G Rabey, Metin Nizamoglu, Garance Biosse-Duplan, Ka‐Fai To, S. Raja Sabapathy, Mohind C. Mohan, Hari Venkatramani, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Hong‐Yuan Hsu, Ana Rosa Ambriz Plascencia, L E Escalona Ramírez, Christian Torres, E Santamaria, Saleem Toro, Christian Alexander West, W. Bhat, CS McArdle, S Louette, Shermarke Hassan, Pim W. van Egmond, W J J Bekkers, Dario Capitani, Luigi Troisi, Tazio Talamonti, Paolo Capitani, Vincenza Cerbone, G Materazzi, Luciana Ballini, Jordi Tomàs-Hernández, Juan Antonio Porcel-Vázquez, Yaiza Garcia‐Sanchez, José Vicente Andrés-Peiró, Jordi Teixidor-Serra, Jordi Selga-Marsá, Hywel Dafydd, Stephen R Ali, Richard Slade, Sam P. Tarassoli, Benjamin Lopez, Juan Boluda-Mengod, David González‐Martín, Asma Bashir, A Dearden, Vinay Itte, Fang Gao Smith, Chang Woo Lee, V. Paulus, P Romijn, Timo Tromp, T de Jong, Shigehisa Koide, Ken‐Hong Lim, Frank Bruscino Raiola, Sean P. Ferris, A Rodríguez, E Jonsson, S. Holm, O. Wolff, A Abugarja, H Elbahari
Abstract
Sixty-two centres in 16 countries contributed with 2,694 open fractures cases to an international, multi-centric, retrospective cohort study involving different healthcare settings. The INTELLECT study results show that there are significant disparities on the management of open lower limb fractures internationally. A timely, multidisciplinary, guideline-directed care is a protective factor for developing infective complications, non-union and requiring an amputation.