Pin site care during circular external fixation using two different protocols

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 724-730

  Cavusoglu, Ali Turgay ^a   Er, Mehmet Serhan ^a   Inal, Sermet ^a   Ozsoy, Mehmet Hakan ^a   Dincel, Veysel Ercan ^a   Sakaogullari, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Care; Circular external fixation; Pin site

Indexed keywords

POLYOD; POVIDONE; SOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PIN SITE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOOTHBRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STERILIZATION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350782466     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181abbc31     Document Type: Article

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