Case Reports in Surgery
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 347523, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/347523
Case Report
Necrosis of the 4th and 5th Digits after Intra-Articular Injection of Diazepam into the Wrist
Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Received 27 May 2011; Accepted 26 June 2011
Academic Editor: G. Clerici
Copyright © 2011 Niklas Iblher et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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