The "Good, Bad and Ugly" pin site grading system. A reliable and memorable method for documenting and monitoring ring fixator pin sites

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-150

  Clint, S A ^a   Eastwood, D M ^a   Chasseaud, M ^a   Calder, P R ^a   Marsh, D R ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ilizarov; Infection; Pin site; Pin site grading; Pin site labelling; Ring fixator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MONITORING; PAIN; PIN SITE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BONE NAILS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74449086732     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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