Management of lower limb fractures in polytrauma patients with delayed referral in a mass disaster. The role of the Ilizarov method in conversion osteosynthesis

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 947-951

  Dhar, Shabir Ahmed ^a   Butt, Mohammed Farooq ^a   Hussain, Anwar ^a   Mir, Mohammed Ramzan ^a   Halwai, Manzoor Ahmed ^a   Kawoosa, Altaf Ahmed ^a  

^a Government Hospital for Bone and Joint Surgery   (India)

Author keywords

Conversion osteosynthesis; Delayed referral; Mass disaster

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; ILIZAROV METHOD; INFECTION RISK; LIMB FRACTURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; EARTHQUAKES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47349100987     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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