Fracture locations influence the likelihood of rectal and lower urinary tract injuries in patients sustaining pelvic fractures

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-209

  Aihara, Rie ^a   Blansfield, Joseph S ^a   Millham, Frederick H ^a   LaMorte, Wayne W ^a   Hirsch, Erwin F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLADDER INJURY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBIC BONE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUM INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; URETHRA INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036185172     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200202000-00001     Document Type: Article

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