Posterior Wall Fractures of the Acetabulum : Characteristics, Management, Prognosis

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 6, 2001, Pages 287-293

  Rommens, P M ^a   Gimenez M V ^b   Hessmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetabulum; Characteristics; Complications; Fracture; Posterior wall; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035524985     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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