Management of a large post-traumatic skin and bone defect using an Ilizarov frame

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-218

  D'Hooghe, Pieter ^a   Defoort, Koen ^a   Lammens, Johan ^a   Stuyck, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone transport; Fasciotomy; Ilizarov; Skin transport; Soft tissue defect

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFECTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33646523171     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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