Plantar puncture wounds in children: Analysis of 80 hospitalized patients and late sequelae

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 268-271

  Eidelman, Mark ^a   Bialik, Viktor ^a   Miller, Yoav ^a   Kassis, Imad ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Foot penetrations; Punctures; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; RADIOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PLANTAR PUNCTURE;

SURGERY;

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLOXACILLIN; DICLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BOY; CELLULITIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT INJURY; FOOT SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; GIRL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WOUND; WOUND DRAINAGE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0038134930     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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