Management of second metacarpal chronic osteomyelitis by induced membrane technique

Management of chronic osteoarticular infection of the hand is a true challenge. Several methods of treatment are described in the literature to eradicate the infection. We present a case in which chronic osteomyelitis of the second metacarpal was treated by induced membrane technique, with successfu...

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Autores principales: Tabib, William, Haddad, Hanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30109244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1489250
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description Management of chronic osteoarticular infection of the hand is a true challenge. Several methods of treatment are described in the literature to eradicate the infection. We present a case in which chronic osteomyelitis of the second metacarpal was treated by induced membrane technique, with successful outcome and complete hand recovery.
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spelling pubmed-60844902018-08-14 Management of second metacarpal chronic osteomyelitis by induced membrane technique Tabib, William Haddad, Hanna Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Management of chronic osteoarticular infection of the hand is a true challenge. Several methods of treatment are described in the literature to eradicate the infection. We present a case in which chronic osteomyelitis of the second metacarpal was treated by induced membrane technique, with successful outcome and complete hand recovery. Taylor & Francis 2018-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6084490/ /pubmed/30109244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1489250 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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