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Eighty patients were treated nonoperatively (Non-Op group), 16 patients were treated with formal irrigation and debridement in the operating room (I&amp;D group), and 99 patients were treated with formal I&amp;D and open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) (I&amp;D + ORIF group). Patients in all 3 groups received local wound care and systemic antibiotics. No patients in the Non-Op or I&amp;D group developed an infection. Six patients in the I&amp;D + ORIF group developed extra-articular postoperative infections requiring additional interventions.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The infection rate in the I&amp;D + ORIF group was consistent with the infection rates reported in orthopaedic literature after fixation alone. In addition, none of the infections were cases of septic arthritis. 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