Three patients with complications following piercing of the auricular cartilage;3 Patiënten met complicaties als gevolg van piercing van het oorkraakbeen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 1351-1354

  Janssen, K ^a,b   Kon, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHONDRITIS; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR INFECTION; EAR LOBE PIERCING; EAR MALFORMATION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; OTALGIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142588712     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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