Does the right leg require extra protection? Five-year review of type 3 open fractures of the tibia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 280-282

  Imran, Yusof ^a   Vishvanathan, T ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fracture; Open fracture; Road accidents; Tibia; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; OPEN FRACTURE; PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 3042618881     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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