Effect of treatment delay on mandibular fracture infection rate

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 881-885

  Czerwinski, Marcin ^a   Parker, Wendy L ^a   Correa, José A ^a   Williams, H Bruce ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 52049107897     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181811a3c     Document Type: Article

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