Temporary removal of navel piercing jewelry for surgery and imaging studies

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Muensterer, Oliver J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jewelry; Piercing; Removal

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; TECHNIQUE; UMBILICUS; BODY PIERCING; CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY PIERCING; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; UMBILICUS;

EID: 16544369015     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0130     Document Type: Article

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