Delayed internal fixation of femoral shaft fracture reduces mortality among patients with multisystem trauma

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Morshed, Saam ^a   Miclau III, Theodore ^a   Bembom, Oliver ^b   Cohen, Mitchell ^c   Knudson, Margaret ^c   Colford, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 58649103343     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00338     Document Type: Article

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