Closure of the skin defect overlying infected non-union by skin traction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-310

  Kocialkowski, A ^a   Marsh, D R ^a   Shackley, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURE; TRACTION THERAPY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0032104367     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.0238     Document Type: Article

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