Unstable sacral fractures: Associated injuries and morbidity at 1 year

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Tötterman, Anna ^a   Glott, Thomas ^b   Madsen, Jan Erik ^a   Røise, Olav ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Impairment; Morbidity; Outcome; Pelvic fracture; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UNSTABLE SACRAL FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33747336238     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000231961.03527.00     Document Type: Article

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