A User-Friendly Method of Pin Site Management for External Fixators

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 370-372

  Dayton, Paul ^a   Prins, Dustin B ^a   Hensley, Nathan ^a   Wienke, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Trinity Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

complications of external fixator; external pin care; pin site infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; SURGICAL SPONGE; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE NAILS; BONE WIRES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; SURGICAL SPONGES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84860259710     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640011416352     Document Type: Article

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