Wood, an organic foreign body of bone. A case report

Simmons, B.P.; Southmayd, W.W.; Schwartz, H.S.; Hall, J.E.; Simmons, B.P; Southmayd, W.W; Schwartz, H.S; Hall, J.E

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Wood, an organic foreign body of bone. A case report

Simmons, B.P.; Southmayd, W.W.; Schwartz, H.S.; Hall, J.E.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1975(106): 276-278

1975

ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X

PMID: 1126085

Document Number: 96003

A case of an organic foreign body consisting of wood in bone is presented along with diagnosis and treatment. The unusual delay in noting the nature and extent of the injury was due to the radiolucence of the object and its lodging within the epiphyseal cartilage.