Contemporary management of pelvic fractures

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-223

  Durkin, Alan ^a   Sagi, H Claude ^b   Durham, Rodney ^a   Flint, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; External fixation; Open book fracture; Pelvic fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BED; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMATURIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LONG TERM CARE; MAST SUIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PELVIS SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; SENESCENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; THROMBOCYTE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHROGRAPHY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; X RAY;

FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PELVIC BONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746026333     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.05.001     Document Type: Review

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