Is it possible to predict limb viability in complex Gustilo IIIB and IIIC tibial fractures? A comparison of two predictive indices

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 639-642

  O'Sullivan, S T ^a,b   O'Sullivan, M ^a   Pasha, N ^a   O'Shaughnessy, M ^a   O'Connor, T P F ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031278082     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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