Orthopaedic care aboard the USNS mercy during operation unified assistance after the 2004 asian tsunami: A case series

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 849-861

  Sechriest II, V Franklin ^a   Lhowe, David W ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISASTER; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TSUNAMI; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND;

EID: 41849142672     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00821     Document Type: Article

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