Pubic Rami Fracture: A Benign Pelvic Injury?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-9

  Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Aharonoff, Gina B ^a   Schwartz, Michael C ^a   Alpert, Scott ^a   Cohen, Gila ^a   McShinawy, Ashgan ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Outcome; Pubic rami

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PUBIC BONE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIC BONES; PROGNOSIS; PUBIC BONE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030638189     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199701000-00003     Document Type: Article

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