Classification of non-union: Need for a new scoring system?

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Calori, Giorgio Maria ^a   Phillips, Mark ^b   Jeetle, Sharanpal ^b   Tagliabue, Lorenzo ^a   Giannoudis, P V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Fracture; Non union; Pseudarthrosis; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DECISION MAKING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REOPERATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 51649084022     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(08)70016-0     Document Type: Article

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