Mortality After Reamed Intramedullary Nailing of Bilateral Femur Fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 415, Issue , 2003, Pages 272-278

  Nork, Sean E ^a   Agel, Julie ^a   Russell, George V ^b   Mills, William J ^a   Holt, Sarah ^a   Routt Jr , M L Chip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0142166142     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.00009319.26658.23     Document Type: Review

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