Penetrating Wounds of the Upper Extremity - Prevalence and Etiology

Abstract Objective To define the major epidemiological features of upper limb penetrating injuries, as well as to identify the causes and the frequency of these lesions at the Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, a hand surgery center in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Metho...

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Main Authors: Jaime Piccaro Erazo, Rodrigo Guerra Sabongi, Vinicius Ynoe de Moares, João Baptista Gomes dos Santos, Flávio Faloppa, João Carlos Belloti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162019000200134&lng=en&tlng=en