Skeletal deformity after anterior external fixation of the pelvis

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 327-332

  Dickson, Kyle F ^a   Matta, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Saint John's Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent pelvic fixation; External fixation; Pelvic deformity; Pelvic fractures; Unstable pelvis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649982165     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a23f5b     Document Type: Article

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