Management of gunshot wounds to the hand: A literature review

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1641-1650

  Turker, Tolga ^a   Capdarest Arest, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone reconstruction; functional recovery; gunshot wound; hand

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON INJURY; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE RECONSTRUCTION; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GUNSHOT WOUND; HAND;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84880917149     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.02.011     Document Type: Review

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