The medical and economic impact of severely injured lower extremities

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1270-1273

  Bondurant, Fonda J ^a   Cotler, Howard B ^a   Buckle, Rosemary ^a   Miller Crotchett, Priscilla ^a   Browner, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023777573     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198808000-00023     Document Type: Article

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