Osteomyelitis following a haematoma block

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Basu, A ^a   Bhalaik, V ^a,b   Stanislas, M ^a   Harvey, I A ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FLOXACILLIN; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PENICILLINS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037227582     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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