A score for predicting salvage and outcome in Gustilo type-IIIA and type-IIIB open tibial fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1351-1360

  Rajasekaran, S ^a   Babu, J Naresh ^a   Dheenadhayalan, J ^a   Shetty, A P ^a   Sundararajan, S R ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Rajasabapathy, S ^a  

^a GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750356469     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B10.17631     Document Type: Article

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