Osteomyelitis in burn patients requiring skeletal fixation

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 487-489

  Barret, J P ^a   Desai, M H ^a   Herndon, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Osteomyelitis; Skeletal fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SPLINTING;

BODY SURFACE AREA; BONE AND BONES; BONE NAILS; BURNS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034257159     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00182-5     Document Type: Article

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