National data of 6409 Swedish inpatients with femoral shaft fractures: Stable incidence between 1998 and 2004

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-308

  Weiss, Rüdiger J ^a   Montgomery, Scott M ^a,b,c   Al Dabbagh, Zewar ^a   Jansson, Karl Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Femoral shaft fracture; Incidence; Mechanism of injury; Surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON TRACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549127949     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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