Persistent osteomyelitis of the femur - 2 Cases of exchange intramedullary nailing with gentamicin beads in the nail

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 620-622

  Tandon, Subash C ^a,b   Thomas, Peter B M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Postgraduate Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0030482855     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679608997768     Document Type: Article

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