U-shaped sacral fractures: Surgical treatment and quality of life

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1040-1048

  Gribnau, A J G ^a   Hensbroek, P Boele van ^a   Haverlag, R ^a   Ponsen, K J ^a   Been, H D ^a   Goslings, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Long term outcome; Multiple trauma; Pelvic ring fractures; Sacrum fractures; Spino pelvic fixation; U shaped; Vertical stabilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIBBONS CRITERIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949085127     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.11.027     Document Type: Article

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