Musculo skeletal trauma in an East African public hospital

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Bach, O ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Developing countries; External fixation; Indication and pre requirements of operative fracture treatment; Infections after ORIF; Mal union; Musculo skeletal trauma; Non operative treatment; Non union; Open retrograde femur nailing

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BOOK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LEG INJURIES; MALAWI; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 1642388484     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00290-0     Document Type: Article

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