Efficacy of antibiotics in low-velocity gunshot fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 6-10

  Dickey, Robert L ^a   Barnes, Brett C ^a   Kearns, Richard J ^a   Tullos, Hugh S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Gunshot injuries

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG INJURY; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0024577917     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-198903010-00002     Document Type: Article

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