Cost benefit with early operative fixation of unstable ankle fractures

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-407

  Pietzik, P ^a   Qureshi, I ^a   Langdon, James ^a   Molloy, S ^a   Solan, M ^a  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Cost; Fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746090915     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X106504     Document Type: Review

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