A report by the British Orthopaedic Association/British Association of Plastic Surgeons Working Party on the Management of Open Tibial Fractures September 1997

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 570-583

  Court Brown, C M ^a   Cross, A T ^a   Hahn, D M ^a   Marsh, D R ^a   Willett, K ^a   Quaba, A A W F ^a   Small, J ^a   Watson, J S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIAPHYSIS; FASCIOTOMY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE FLAP; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND INFECTION; X RAY;

EID: 0031454981     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)90501-4     Document Type: Article

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