Tissue pressures in pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the finger

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 793-795

  Schnall, Stephen B ^a,b   Vu Rose, Taryn ^a   Holtom, Paul D ^a   Doyle, Brian ^a   Stevanovic, Milan ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FINGER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TISSUE PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029825015     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b5.0780793     Document Type: Article

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