Review of 88 nail gun injuries to the extremities

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Horne, Brandon R ^a   Corley, Fred G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity; Infection; Joint penetration; Nail Gun

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAIL GUN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXTREMITIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 38949213688     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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