Nonoperative management of scleroderma of the hand with tadalafil and subatmospheric pressure wound therapy: Case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 803-806

  Patel, Ronak M ^a   Nagle, Daniel J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative pressure wound therapy; scleroderma

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; TADALAFIL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADULT; CARBOLINES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84859209989     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.12.030     Document Type: Article

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