Acetabular fracture patterns and their associated injuries

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Porter, Scott E ^a   Schroeder, Alan C ^b   Dzugan, Sergey S ^c   Graves, Matt L ^a   Zhang, Lei ^d   Russell, George V ^a  

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

^b Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Acetabular fracture; Acetabulum; Pelvic ring injury; Pelvis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIMB INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN INJURY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISCERA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43249119608     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318165918b     Document Type: Article

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