Evaluation of functional outcome of the floating knee injury using multivariate analysis

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 432-435

  Yokoyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Tsukamoto, Tatsuro ^a   Aoki, Shinichi ^a   Wakita, Ryuji ^a   Uchino, Masataka ^a   Noumi, Takashi ^a   Fukushima, Nobuaki ^a   Itoman, Moritoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floating knee; Functional outcome; Multivariate analysis; Predicting factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036951965     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-002-0406-7     Document Type: Article

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