Unstable pelvic ring injuries. Outcome and timing of surgical treatment by internal fixation

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1670-1674

  Zamzam, Mohammed M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS INJURY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10644259636     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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