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Be Ready if FBR Gets Complicated

Published on Thu Dec 03, 2020

Question: A patient reported to the orthopedist for treatment of a closed forearm fracture suffered after a fall in the street. In addition to the fracture treatment, notes indicate gravel and some small glass shards also embedded into the subcutaneous tissue of the forearm. The orthopedist removes each one, spending almost 40 minutes making sure all the foreign bodies (FBs) [...]
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