Can a pin-tract infection cause an acute generalized soft tissue infection and a compartment syndrome?

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-347

  Orhun, Haldun ^a,b,c   Saka, Gürsel ^a,b   Enercan, Meriç ^a,b  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Fracture; Infection; Osteomyelitis; Pin tract; Skeletal traction

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEVICE; EDEMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BONE NAIL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 27744505028     PISSN: 13006738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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