The value of external fixation for unstable pelvic ring injuries

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-327

  Galois, Laurent ^a   Pfeffer, Frédéric ^b   Mainard, Didier ^b   Delagoutte, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEAR STRESS; SKELETON TRACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042694475     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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