Use of the trauma pelvic orthotic device (T-POD) for provisional stabilisation of anterior-posterior compression type pelvic fractures: A cadaveric study

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 903-906

  DeAngelis, Nicola A ^a,c   Wixted, John J ^a,c   Drew, Jacob ^a,c   Eskander, Mark S ^a,c   Eskander, Jonathan P ^a,c   French, Bruce G ^b  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic binder; Pelvic fracture; Provisional stabilisation; T POD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORTHOTICS; PELVIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; ROTATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMA PELVIC ORTHOTIC DEVICE; X RAY FILM;

CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47349105540     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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