Fractures to the posterior wall of the acetabulum managed with screws alone

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 300-303

  Im, Gun Il ^a   Shin, Yong Woon ^a   Song, Young Joon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Fracture; Internal fixation; Posterior wall of the acetabulum; Screws

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BUTTRESS PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; D AUBIGNE SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAG SCREW; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTEL SCORE; POSTERIOR WALL ACETABULUM FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13844253642     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000149329.86361.CE     Document Type: Article

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