Amputations in eastern Turkey (Van): A multicenter epidemiological study

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Dogan, Ali ^a   Sungur, Ibrahim ^b   Bilgic, Serkan ^b   Uslu, Mustafa ^a   Atik, Bekir ^a   Tan, Onder ^a   Ozgokce, Salih ^c   Uluc, Dincay ^c   Coban, Huseyin ^d   Turkoglu, Metin ^d   Akpinar, Fuat ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Van Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Van Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^d Ipekyolu State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amputation epidemiology; Extremities injuries; Turkey epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 49249121688     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2008.42.1.053     Document Type: Article

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