A step-by-step guide to classifying and managing pretibial injuries.
Even in cases of relatively minor trauma, pretibial injuries to older patients can cause significant damage as a result of poor blood supply to the skin. This paper offers a classification of pretibial injuries and an algorithm for their management soft-tissue injury; pretibial laceration; blood sup...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Wound Care Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 109 - 112 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | algorithm pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Mar2003
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| Sumario: | Even in cases of relatively minor trauma, pretibial injuries to older patients can cause significant damage as a result of poor blood supply to the skin. This paper offers a classification of pretibial injuries and an algorithm for their management soft-tissue injury; pretibial laceration; blood supply; haematoma; skin necrosis; major degloving injury. |
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