Pitfalls in diagnosis and problems in extraction of retained wooden foreign bodies in the foot

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages e18-e20

  Sidharthan, Sujith ^a   Mbako, Aloysius N ^a  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Pitfalls; Ultrasonography; Wood

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT INJURY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; LIMB SWELLING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; WOOD; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77952885368     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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