Subcutaneous emphysema of hand and forearm due to high-pressure injection of air;Enfisema suncutaneo en mano y antebrazo por aire comprimido

Medicina

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 721-723

  Klein, Manuel ^a,b   Szkrabko, Sandra ^a   Rodriguez Martin, Jorge ^a   Payaslian, Silvio ^a  

^a Clinica Modelo Parana   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Forearm; Hand; Subcutaneous non infectious emphysema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FOREARM; HAND; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; WOUND INFECTION; AIR; HAND INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESSURE;

ADULT; AIR; FOREARM; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0348226955     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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