Management of open hand fractures

Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 208-218

  Gonzalez, Mark H ^a,b   Bach, Harold G ^a,b   Elhassan, Bassem T ^a,b   Graf, Carl N ^a,b   Weinzweig, Norman ^a,b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FRACTURE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR FORMATION; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; SURGEON; TENDON INJURY; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0348038732     PISSN: 15310914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jassh.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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