Retained palmar foreign body presenting as a late hand infection: proposed diagnostic algorithm to detect radiolucent objects

BACKGROUND: Penetrating injuries to the hand can compromise important anatomic structures, and persisting foreign objects may become a source of infection. Foreign body intrusions into the hand are among the most common injuries to the upper extremity seen in the Emergency Department. Radiolucent or...

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Autores principales: Ipaktchi, Kyros, DeMars, Andrew, Park, Jung, Ciarallo, Christopher, Livermore, Meryl, Banegas, Rodrigo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3711848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3711848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-25

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