Early unreamed intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures is safe in patients with severe thoracic trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 692-696

  Weninger, Patrick ^a,b   Figl, Markus ^a   Spitaler, Ralf ^a   Mauritz, Walter ^a   Hertz, Harald ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Bohler   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Femoral fracture; Intramedullary; Nailing; Outcome; Thoracic trauma; Unreamed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTUBATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34147140743     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000243203.38466.e0     Document Type: Article

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