Prevalence and current concepts of management of farmyard injuries

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Angoules, Antonios G ^a   Lindner, Tobias ^a   Vrentzos, George ^b   Papakostidis, Costas ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural accidents; Farmyard injuries; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOTHININ; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BURN; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTUSION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISLOCATION; FALLING; FRACTURE FIXATION; GAS GANGRENE; HAND INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACERATION; LAVAGE; LIMB AMPUTATION; MACHINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPRAIN; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 36549012643     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.10.031     Document Type: Article

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