Bilateral gas gangrene of the hand - A unique case

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 408-409

  Goyal, Ravi W ^a   Ng, A B Y ^a   Bale, R S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas gangrene; Hand

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ERYTHEMA; FINGER AMPUTATION; GAS GANGRENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INFECTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHALANX;

AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EDEMA; FINGERS; GAS GANGRENE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0242636213     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403322520807     Document Type: Article

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