Pyoderma gangrenosum following an orthopedic surgical procedure

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 600-602

  de Thomasson, E ^a   Caux, I ^a  

^a Montsouris Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Hip surgery; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Wound breakdown

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISONE ACETATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COXITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOPSY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN;

EID: 77956011740     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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