Postoperative cryotherapy: Risks versus benefits of continuous-flow cryotherapy units

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-322

  Wilke, Bronwyn ^a   Weiner, Richard D ^a,b  

^a GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Step Lively Foot and Ankle Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAFFEINE; GABAPENTIN; ICE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038633252     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-8422(03)00009-0     Document Type: Review

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