Internal Fixation of Finger Fractures: Field Sterility for Surgery and Earlier Removal of K-Wires Are Safe

Donald Lalonde, Colton Boudreau

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2 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)299-303
Number of pages5
JournalHand Clinics
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Keywords

  • Clinical healing of finger/hand fractures
  • Early K wire removal at 2 to 3 weeks
  • Early protected movement
  • Field sterility for K wire insertion
  • Finger fracture
  • WALANT

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