Wound care: Debridement, coverage, and antibiotic utilization

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 398-408

  Archdeacon, Michael T ^a   Herscovici Jr , Dolfi ^b   Sanders, Roy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Debridement; Limb salvage; Open fracture; Soft tissue coverage; Soft tissue Debridement

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAMANDOLE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035781071     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200112000-00009     Document Type: Article

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