Natural gas inflation injury of the upper extremity: A case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 850-852

  Sena, Thomas ^a   Brewer, Bruce W ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Injection; Injury; Methane gas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NATURAL GAS;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032804676     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.0850     Document Type: Article

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