Tibial shaft fractures with an associated infrapopliteal arterial injury: A survey of vascular surgeons' opinions on the need for vascular repair

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-198

  Brinker, Mark R ^a   Caines, M Andrew ^b   Kerstein, Morris D ^c   Elliott, Marc N ^d  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St Luke's Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Survey; Tibial shaft fracture; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPLITEAL ARTERY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034150585     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200003000-00008     Document Type: Article

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