Surgical treatment of the chronic tophaceous deformity in upper extremities - the shaving technique

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-674

  Lee, Su Shin ^a,b   Sun, I Feng ^a   Lu, Yen Mou ^c   Chang, Kao Ping ^a,b   Lai, Chung Sheng ^a,b   Lin, Sin Daw ^a,b  

^a Chung Ho Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b Pediatric Dentistry   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gout; Hand; Shaver; Tophaceous

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; URATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; GOUT; HAND; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 64749089090     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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