Fingertip-nail bed injuries in children: Current concepts and controversies of treatment

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1033-1035

  Gellman, Harris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Broward Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal phalanx; Finger fracture; Fingertip; Fingertip injury in children; Nail bed injury; Subungual hematoma; Subungual hematoma on children

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CRUSH TRAUMA; FINGER FRACTURE; FINGER NAIL; FINGER TIP INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING; NAIL BED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRIGATION; LACERATIONS; MALE; NAILS; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949189333     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181abb1b5     Document Type: Article

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