The influence of the timing of surgery on soft tissue complications and hospital stay: A review of 84 closed ankle fractures

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-9

  Hoiness P ^a   Stromsoe K ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture( s); Complication( s); Hospital stay; Infection( s)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30444455776     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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