Major complications of minor surgery. A report of two cases of critical ischaemia unmasked by treatment for ingrown nails

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1681-1683

  Toybenshlak, M ^a   Elishoov, O ^a   London, E ^a   Akopnick, I ^a   Leibner, E D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ILOPROST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUERGER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, INGROWN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 29444438615     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B12.16819     Document Type: Article

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