Watch out for the K-wire: Painful experiences in two cases

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 698-699

  Fang, R H ^a   Chang, T L ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foreign body migration; Kirschner wire

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LAW SUIT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SKIN FLAP;

EID: 0036460549     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2002.3937     Document Type: Article

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