External fixation for pelvic ring injuries

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-227

  Rubel, Iván F ^a   Kloen, Peter ^a   Borens, Olivier ^a   Helfet, David L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Fractures; Pelvis; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN REDUCTION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0036627284     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200206000-00011     Document Type: Review

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