The benefits of implant removal from the foot and ankle

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1316-1320

  Williams, Ariel A ^a   Witten, Daniela M ^b   Duester, Rosanna ^c   Chou, Loretta B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 84864140513     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01756     Document Type: Article

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