Internal fixation of traumatic diastasis of pubic symphysis: Is plate removal essential?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Giannoudis, Peter V ^c   Chalidis, Byron E ^a   Roberts, Craig S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal fixation; Pelvic fracture; Plate removal; Pregnancy; Symphysis pubis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE PLATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049154244     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0429-1     Document Type: Article

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