External fixator assisted immediate wound closure

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 144-149

  Bibbo, Christopher ^a,b  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Defects; Diabetes; External fixation; Infection; Soft tissue; Trauma; Wounds

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOT DISEASE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748603209     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.btf.0000235011.29101.81     Document Type: Article

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