Decreasing incidence of tibial shaft fractures between 1998 and 2004: Information based on 10,627 Swedish inpatients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 526-533

  Weiss, Rüdiger J ^a   Montgomery, Scott M ^a,b   Ehlin, Anna ^a   Dabbagh, Zewar Al ^a   Stark, André ^a   Jansson, Karl Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; PLASTER CAST; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 51049097691     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710015535     Document Type: Article

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