Outcome of operatively treated type-C injuries of the pelvic ring

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-678

  Lindahl, Jan ^a   Hirvensalo, Eero ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PELVIS INJURY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 27644524628     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670510041754     Document Type: Article

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