All superior pubic ramus fractures are not created equal

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 422-425

  Steinitz, Daniel ^a   Guy, Pierre ^b   Passariello, Anna ^a   Reindl, Rudolf ^a   Harvey, Edward J ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR PUBIC RAMUS FRACTURE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PUBIC BONE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13644271612     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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