Kirschner wire pin tract infection rates between percutaneous and buried wires in treating metacarpal and phalageal fractures

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 518-520

  Rafique, Atif ^b,c   Ghani, Shahab ^b   Sadiq, Moiz ^b   Ahmed Siddiqui, Intisar ^a  

^a Department of Research and Evaluation   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buried placement; Kirschner wire; Percutaneous placement; Phalangeal fracture; Pin tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 33748474376     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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