Fracture fixation in patients having multiple injuries

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-128

  O'Brien, Peter J ^a  

^a Broadway Medical Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LONG BONE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 0037394122     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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