The timing of fracture treatment in polytrauma patients: Relevance of damage control orthopedic surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 622-629

  Pape, Hans Christoph ^a   Giannoudis, Peter ^b   Krettek, Christian ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage control; Fracture treatment; Orthopedic surgery; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK; SKELETON TRACTION; SPLINTING; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036295833     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00865-6     Document Type: Article

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