Cerebral emboli and cognitive function after intramedullary fracture fixation

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 742-745

  Gray, Andrew C ^a   Torrens, Lorna ^a   Christie, James ^a   Graham, Catriona ^a   Robinson, C Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral emboli; Cognitive function; Fracture; Intramedullary; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIMB FRACTURE; LONG BONE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENINGEAL ARTERY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL FRACTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349267723     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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