The role of antibiotics and timing of repair in flexor tendon injuries of the hand

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-13

  Stone, Jonathan F ^a   Davidson, John S D ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031973674     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199801000-00002     Document Type: Article

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