Open pelvic fractures: Epidemiology, current concepts of management and outcome

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Grotz, M R W ^a,b   Allami, M K ^a,b   Harwood, P ^a   Pape, H C ^b   Krettek, C ^b   Giannoudis, P V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Management; Open pelvic fractures; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLEEDING; COLOSTOMY; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FECES; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAVAGE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA; UROGENITAL TRACT INJURY;

ALGORITHMS; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PELVIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 10144227069     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.05.029     Document Type: Review

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