Proposed mechanisms of lower urinary tract injury in fractures of the pelvic ring

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-573

  Andrich, Daniela E ^a,c   Day, Adrian C ^b   Mundy, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder injury; Classification; Lower urinary tract; Pelvic fracture; Trauma; Urethral injury

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA INJURY; URINARY TRACT INJURY;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 34547628366     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07020.x     Document Type: Article

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