Complications of K-wire fixation in procedures involving the hand and wrist

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 610-616

  Hsu, Lawrence P ^a   Schwartz, Edric G ^a   Kalainov, David M ^a   Chen, Franklin ^a   Makowiec, Richard L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Complications; hand; infection; K wire; wrist

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PIN SITE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953766398     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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