International Lower Limb Collaborative (INTELLECT) study: a multicentre, international retrospective audit of lower extremity open fractures.
Berner JE., Chan JKK., Gardiner MD., Navia A., Tejos R., Ortiz-Llorens M., Ortega-Briones A., Rakhorst HA., Nanchahal J., Jain A., INTELLECT Collaborative .
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.