The outcome of open pelvic fractures in the modern era

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-837

  Dente, Christopher J ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^a   Wyrzykowski, Amy D ^a   Nicholas, Jeffrey M ^a   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^a   Ingram, Walter L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control surgery; Mortality; Open fracture; Pelvic fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 27944449621     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.05.050     Document Type: Article

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