Results of treatment of infected humeral. Nonunions: The Mayo Clinic experience

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 414, Issue , 2003, Pages 25-30

  Haidukewych, George J ^a   Sperling, John W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; MALE; PAIN; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0042318769     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000084399.53464.4e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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