Damage control nailing

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 477-481

  Higgins, Thomas F ^a   Horwitz, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control orthopaedics; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548405972     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31813bbcfe     Document Type: Article

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