Arthroscopic debridement of external fixator pin tracts

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-42

  Morgan Jones, R L ^a,b   Burgert, S ^a   Richardson, J B ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; BONE NAILS; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; REOPERATION; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031949583     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00156-3     Document Type: Article

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