Venting during prophylactic nailing for femoral metastases: Current orthopedic practice

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 427-431

  Dalgorf, Dustin ^a   Borkhoff, Cornelia M ^a   Stephen, David J G ^a   Finkelstein, Joel ^a   Kreder, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANADA; CORTICAL BONE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRESSURE; PROPHYLAXIS; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENTING TECHNIQUE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMUR TUMOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMBOLISM, FAT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMORAL NEOPLASMS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ONTARIO; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0642379709     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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