A comparison of the relative costs of cast treatment and intramedullary nailing for tibial diaphyseal fractures in the UK

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 373-375

  Downing, N D ^a,c   Griffin, D R ^a,b   Davis, T R C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c 4 Oakfield Mews ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAPHYSIS; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIAPHYSES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031448782     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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