Emergency department evaluation and treatment of knee and leg injuries

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-84

  Roberts, Daniel M ^a,b   Stallard, Timothy C ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROCENTESIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG FRACTURE; LEG INJURY; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0033961909     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70108-5     Document Type: Article

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