Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome in an infant with bony erosion: A case report, literature review, and meta-analysis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-452

  Mat Saad, Arman Z ^a   Purcell, Elizabeth M ^a   McCann, Jack J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clitoris; Finger; Hair; Penile; Thread; Toe; Tourniquet syndrome

Indexed keywords

BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAIR; HAIR THREAD TOURNIQUET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWELLING; TOE INJURY; TOURNIQUET;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; SYNDROME; TOE PHALANGES; TOES;

EID: 33749016208     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000222571.98387.71     Document Type: Review

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