Superior pubic ramus fractures fixed with percutaneous screws: What predicts fixation failure?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-87

  Starr, Adam J ^a   Nakatani, Tetsuya ^b   Reinert, Charles M ^a   Cederberg, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Fixation failure; Percutaneous fixation; Superior pubic ramus fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE SCREW; CALLUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR PUBIC RAMUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; CLASSIFICATION; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PUBIC BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 41649095368     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318162ab6e     Document Type: Article

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