An open forearm fracture with intermedullary foreign body plug - A complication of airbag deployment

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-315

  Soffe, K E ^a,b   Quinlan, J F ^a   Niall, D ^a   MacManus, W F ^a   Hynes, D ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOREARM FRACTURE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AIR BAGS; FOREARM; FOREIGN BODIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0037401253     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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