The care of pin sites with external fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 716-719

  Davies, R ^a   Holt, N ^b   Nayagam, S ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; BONE NAIL; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; LIMB SALVAGE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TIME;

BONE NAILS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18944380614     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B5.15623     Document Type: Article

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