Limb salvage: The infected retrograde tibiotalocalcaneal intramedullary nail

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 420-425

  Bibbo, Christopher ^a   Lee, Simon ^b   Anderson, Robert B ^c   Davis, W Hodges ^d  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic Nail Infected Fusion; Osteomyelitis; Retrograde Nail

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RATE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; KNEE AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037766019     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302400508     Document Type: Article

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