Kirschner wire pin tract infection rates: A randomized controlled trial between percutaneous and buried wires

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 374-376

  Hargreaves, D G ^a,b   Drew, S J ^a   Eckersley, R ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; Infection; Pin tract

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 3042856169     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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