Is there a simple, definitive, and cost-effective way to diagnose osteomyelitis in the pressure ulcer patient?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 670-676

  Larson, David L ^a   Gilstrap, Jarom ^b   Simonelic, Kevin ^b   Carrera, Guillermo F ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMUR; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMUR; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951664180     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181fed66e     Document Type: Article

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